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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Relating to the Hellenic people of that name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Synonym of Ionic.
Pertaining to Ionia, the ancient (ca 1100 BC) region including western Asia Minor and the adjacent Aegean Islands occupied by the Ionian people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Synonym of Ionic.
Alternative form of Ionic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Topics: architecture
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adj
Designating the Ionian mode or scale; the name of the major key in modal theory.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adj
Only used in Ionian Islands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Relating to Io, one of the moons of the planet Jupiter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences, planetology
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adj
Relating to the asteroid (52) Io.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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name
Ellipsis of Ionian Sea: A sea in the central and east central part of the Mediterranean.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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name
A subdivision of the Pleistocene epoch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, geography, geology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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noun
A member of the Ionians, one of the races of Ancient Greece.
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noun
An inhabitant of Io, a moon of Jupiter.
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Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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adjective
of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture
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noun
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia
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Broader terms: citizenry, people
noun
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Greek, Hellene
History
Etymology tree English Ionia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -n English Ionian From Ionia + -n.
The origin of the sea’s name is uncertain. The Ionian Sea was believed in the Greek tradition to have been named after Io, who was said to have swum in it. The geological period was named after the Ionian Coast in Italy.
Etymology tree English Io English -n- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Ionian From Io (“moon of Jupiter”) + -n- + -ian.
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
