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

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

A satellite image broadcast on state television showed that smoke from the Evros fires had drifted across the country to the Ionian islands in the northwest, not far from Italy.

From Reuters

Tourism would drop by 9 percent in the Greek Ionian Islands in a world that reached four degrees Celsius of warming, according to a European Commission report published this year, but it would increase by about 16 percent in western Wales.

From New York Times

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

In a world that reached 4C of warming, alongside ecological breakdown would be a steep drop of more than 9% in tourism to the Greek Ionian islands, according to a European Commission report published this year.

From Seattle Times