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Definition of Ionian
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture.
2. Noun. A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
3. Noun. The ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia.
Definition of Ionian
1. a. Of or pertaining to Ionia or the Ionians; Ionic.
Definition of Ionian
1. Adjective. Relating to the Hellenic people of that name. ¹
2. Adjective. Ionic, of Ionia, the ancient (ca 1100 BC) region including western Asia Minor and the adjacent Aegean Islands occupied by the Ionian people. ¹
3. Adjective. Relating to Io, one of the moons of the planet Jupiter ¹
4. Noun. A member of the Ionians, one of the races of Ancient Greece. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ionian
Literary usage of Ionian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1875)
"Renunciation of (treat Britain to Protectorate over the ionian Islands, ...
Perpetual Neutrality of ionian Islands, Greece to maintain the Neutrality. 3. ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"But these ents were antiquated now that the French held the capital, and the
ionian Isles themselves. Venetian independence the way of Bonaparte's new ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"King George I, upon ascending the throne at Athens, in 1863, consented to succeed
Otho I only upon England's undertaking to cede the ionian Archipelago to ..."
4. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The Assembly of the Seven Islands proclaims that the sole and unanimous will (0t%7o-K)
of the ionian people has been, and is, the union of the Seven Islands ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1821)
"The fact was, that since the constitution of the ionian states, sir. T. Maitland had
imposed but one new tax—that upon olive oil, which had, he believed, ..."
6. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"The British government in the ionian Islands was exposed for years to a system
... _The French propagated the opinion that the English governed the ionian ..."
7. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1880)
"During the Crimean war two ionian vessels were captured by British § 35 a. ...
The Court held that the status of the ionian Islands, and their relation to ..."
8. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1875)
"Renunciation of (treat Britain to Protectorate over the ionian Islands, ...
Perpetual Neutrality of ionian Islands, Greece to maintain the Neutrality. 3. ..."
9. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"But these ents were antiquated now that the French held the capital, and the
ionian Isles themselves. Venetian independence the way of Bonaparte's new ..."
10. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"King George I, upon ascending the throne at Athens, in 1863, consented to succeed
Otho I only upon England's undertaking to cede the ionian Archipelago to ..."
11. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"The Assembly of the Seven Islands proclaims that the sole and unanimous will (0t%7o-K)
of the ionian people has been, and is, the union of the Seven Islands ..."
12. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1821)
"The fact was, that since the constitution of the ionian states, sir. T. Maitland had
imposed but one new tax—that upon olive oil, which had, he believed, ..."
13. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"The British government in the ionian Islands was exposed for years to a system
... _The French propagated the opinion that the English governed the ionian ..."
14. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1880)
"During the Crimean war two ionian vessels were captured by British § 35 a. ...
The Court held that the status of the ionian Islands, and their relation to ..."
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