资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Parian \Pa"ri*an\, a. [L. Parius.]
   Of or pertaining to Paros, an island in the [AE]gean Sea
   noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble.

   {Parian chronicle}, a most ancient chronicle of the city of
      Athens, engraved on marble in the Isle of Paros, now among
      the Arundelian marbles.