Ionian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- (Hellenic, Ionia, architecture): Ionia + -an. From Ionia
- (moon of Jupiter): Io + -n- + -ian. From Io
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
Ionian (comparative more Ionian, superlative most Ionian)
- Relating to the Hellenic people of that name.
- Synonym of Ionic
- Pertaining to Ionia, the ancient (ca 1100 BC) region including western Asia Minor and the adjacent Aegean Islands occupied by the Ionian people.
- (architecture) Alternative form of Ionic
- (astronomy, planetology) Relating to Io, one of the moons of the planet Jupiter
- Bagenal, Dowling & McKinnon (2007), Jupiter: The Planet, Satellites and Magnetosphere. Cambridge University Press, p. 313.
- Despite the variations in Ionian vulcanism ...
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Ionic, of Ionia
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Noun[edit]
Ionian (plural Ionians)
- A member of the Ionians, one of the races of Ancient Greece.
- (science fiction) An inhabitant of Io, a moon of Jupiter
Proper noun[edit]
Ionian
- Ellipsis of Ionian Sea: A sea in the central and east central part of the Mediterranean.
- (geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Pleistocene epoch.
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