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Definition of Ionia

1. Noun. Region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks.

Definition of Ionia

1. Proper noun. (historical) An Ancient Greek settlement on the west coast of Asia Minor inhabited by the Ionians, one of the four main Hellenic tribes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ionia

Literary usage of Ionia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Herodotus by Herodotus (1828)
"farb in which I shall set foot in ionia, without ren- ering the great ... Had I been present in ionia, I will venture to affirm, that not a city would have ..."

2. Directory by Artists Guild of Chicago, American College of Hospital Administrators, Florida Library Association, Albion (Calhoun County, Mich.) (1885)
"Welch, Wm, sec boss MCR R, res 24 s ionia. Welch, Mrs. Dora, res 24 s ionia. ... Welch, Will E, painter at Albion Mfg Co. res 20 s ionia. ..."

3. Herodotus by Herodotus (1828)
"farb in which I shall set foot in ionia, without ren- ering the great ... Had I been present in ionia, I will venture to affirm, that not a city would have ..."

4. Directory by Artists Guild of Chicago, American College of Hospital Administrators, Florida Library Association, Albion (Calhoun County, Mich.) (1885)
"Welch, Wm, sec boss MCR R, res 24 s ionia. Welch, Mrs. Dora, res 24 s ionia. ... Welch, Will E, painter at Albion Mfg Co. res 20 s ionia. ..."

5. Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical by Christopher Wordsworth (1844)
"ionia is the Asiatic Achaia. There was much in the country they had quitted to prepare the ... and much in ionia to remind them of, and to console them for, ..."

6. Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical by Christopher Wordsworth (1844)
"ionia is the Asiatic Achaia. There was much in the country they had quitted to prepare the ... and much in ionia to remind them of, and to console them for, ..."

7. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies and Conquests, from the Earliest by John Gillies (1831)
"The When his hostile intentions were made known in ionia, the inhabitants ... He then proceeds to observe, that the countries on all sides of ionia wore ..."

8. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"On the overthrow of the Persian empire by Alexander, ionia became subject ... Though ionia never possessed great political power, tho commerce of its cities ..."

9. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies and Conquests, from the Earliest by John Gillies (1831)
"The When his hostile intentions were made known in ionia, the inhabitants ... He then proceeds to observe, that the countries on all sides of ionia wore ..."

10. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"On the overthrow of the Persian empire by Alexander, ionia became subject ... Though ionia never possessed great political power, tho commerce of its cities ..."

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