Iona
[ahy-oh-nuh]
- an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
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Then Iona,—'the sacred place which as long as I can remember, I had thought on with veneration.'
James BoswellWilliam Keith Leask
One passage from it has become famous,—his description of Iona.
James BoswellWilliam Keith Leask
The vine characters of Iona are not as good as those of the fruit.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
Choicer grapes, as Delaware, Iona and Dutchess, often sell from $75 to $100 a ton.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
In 818 they were brought back, and the monastery at Iona was rebuilt with stone.
Scottish Cathedrals and AbbeysDugald Butler and Herbert Story
Iona
- an island off the W coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides: site of St Columba's monastery (founded in 563) and an important early centre of Christianity. Area: 854 ha (2112 acres)
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