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  Ioannina

  noun

  a city in NW Greece.
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  Ioánnina

  noun

  a city in NW Greece: belonged to the Serbs (1349–1430) and then the Turks (until 1913); seat of Ali Pasha, the "Lion of Janina", from 1788 to 1822. Pop: 78 000 (2005 est)

Ioannina

American  

[yaw-ah-nee-nah, yah-nee-nah] / jɔˈɑ ni nɑ, ˈjɑ ni nɑ /

Also Ioánnina,

noun

1. a city in NW Greece.

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Ioánnina British  

/ jɔˈanina /

noun

1. Serbian name: Janina. a city in NW Greece: belonged to the Serbs (1349–1430) and then the Turks (until 1913); seat of Ali Pasha, the "Lion of Janina", from 1788 to 1822. Pop: 78 000 (2005 est)

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Ioannina

The international research team also included scientists from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the University of Ioannina, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026

He is currently in a medically induced coma at Ioannina University Hospital, where his condition is being monitored, his family said.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025

Karolos Papoulias was born on June 4, 1929, in a village near the city of Ioannina, in northwestern Greece, the son of an army officer who retired as a Major-General.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2021

Ioannina in northwest Greece, within the larger Epirus region, is the home of Domaine Glinavos.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021

It was during this time, as appears from a memorandum of his own, that the two first Cantos of Childe Harold, which he had begun five months before at Ioannina, were completed.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

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