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Parian

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Parian or Parián may refer to:

Pertaining to Paros, the Greek island:

  • Parian marble, a stone quarried on Paros used for sculpture
  • Parian ware, a ceramic substitute for marble which was fashionable in Victorian England
  • Parian doll, a type of doll manufactured primarily in Germany, from around 1860 to 1880
  • Parian Chronicle, a chronology carved into a stela of Parian marble

Based on Parián, a Spanish word of Tagalog origin that was subsequently imported from the Philippines into New Spain:

Iranian place names:

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