Ionian

American  

[ahy-oh-nee-uhn] / aɪˈoʊ ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Ionia.

2. of or relating to the branch of the Greek people named from Ion, their legendary founder.

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noun

1. a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks who invaded the Greek mainland and, after the Dorian invasions, emigrated to the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor.

2. an Ionian Greek.

Etymology

Origin of Ionian

First recorded in 1555–65; Ioni(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Turkey, meanwhile, criticized a Greek plan unveiled last month for “marine parks” in parts of the Ionian and Aegean Seas.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

"It was not very deep - but it was very early in the season and it was stagnant and stayed over the south Ionian Sea for four, five days."

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2023

The storm began over the Ionian Sea and damaged a few other countries on its way to Libya, including Bulgaria and Turkey.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2023

A satellite image broadcast on state television showed smoke from the Evros fires had drifted across the country to the Ionian islands in the northwest, not far from Italy.

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023

An early experiment to answer this question was performed by Christiaan Huygens, very much in the Ionian tradition.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan