Ionian Islands

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a group of Greek islands including Corfu, Levkas, Ithaca, Cephalonia, Paxos, and Zante off the W coast of Greece, and Cerigo off the S coast.

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Ionian Islands British  

plural noun

1. a group of Greek islands in the Ionian Sea, consisting of Corfu, Cephalonia, Zante, Levkas, Ithaca, Cythera, and Paxos: ceded to Greece in 1864. Pop: 212 984 (2001). Area: 2307 sq km (891 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

According to a European Commission report published this year, in a world that reached four degrees Celsius of warming, tourism would drop by nine percent in the Greek Ionian Islands.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

The Ionian Islands, Crete and islands in the southern Aegean Sea would be affected, reported Funke, adding that Kosovo and North Macedonia would also be upgraded.

From Reuters • Aug. 19, 2021

Over the subsequent years he traveled extensively and painted picturesque vistas in “Sicily, southern Calabria, the Kingdom of Naples, Malta, Corfu, the Ionian Islands, Greece, Thebes, Constantinople, Albania, Egypt, Palestine, Sinai and Mount Olympus.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2016

British diplomats gathered gratitude by helping Greece get back the Ionian Islands and Corfu.

From Time Magazine Archive

A separate civil code, partly French, partly Italian, is in force in the Ionian Islands.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various