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• Ionian
  Ionian

  adjective

  of or relating to Ionia.
• ionian
  ionian

  noun

  a member of a Hellenic people who settled in Attica in about 1100 _bc and later colonized the islands and E coast of the Aegean Sea

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.

ionian British  

/ aɪˈəʊnɪən /

noun

1. a member of a Hellenic people who settled in Attica in about 1100 _bc and later colonized the islands and E coast of the Aegean Sea

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Ionic

2. of or relating to Ionia

3. music relating to or denoting an authentic mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from C to C and forming the basis of the modern major key See also Hypo-

Etymology

Origin of Ionian

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

Example Sentences

With four golf courses overlooking the Ionian Sea, along with an array of pools, spas and restaurants, the complex provides a relaxing backdrop to Thursday's vote.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

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

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

Many alchemists believed that all matter was a mixture of four elementary substances: water, air, earth and fire, an ancient Ionian speculation.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan