Ionia

American

[ahy-oh-nee-uh] / aɪˈoʊ ni ə /

noun

an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.

Ionia British

/ aɪˈəʊnɪə /

noun

an ancient region of W central Asia Minor, including adjacent Aegean islands: colonized by Greeks in about 1100 _bc

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In Michigan, Michigan State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory has detected bird flu in a commercial poultry facility in Ionia County, according to the Michigan’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2024

But by 494 BCE Persian forces had crushed the rebellions in both Ionia and Cyprus.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Around 449 BCE, Athens and Persia reached a peace settlement in which the Persians recognized the independence of Ionia and the Athenians agreed to stop aiding rebels in the Persian Empire.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Ionia County Prosecutor Kyle Butler said Thursday that no warrant request had been filed with his office.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

Thales brought back from Babylon and Egypt the seeds of the new sciences of astronomy and geometry, sciences that would sprout and grow in the fertile soil of Ionia.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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