[3] Chaonia traditionally stretched between the Thyamis river in the south and the Akrokeraunian range in the north,[4] between present-day Greece and Albania.

Χάον ὄρος 'Chaon mountain' in Argolis, χάος 'chaos, space, abyss', χάσκω 'to yawn', χάσμα 'chasm, gorge'.

[6] Strabo in his Geography,[7] places Chaonia between the Ceraunian mountains in the north and the River Thyamis in the south.

The Roman historian, Appian, mentions Chaonia as the southern border in his description and geography of Illyria.

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