Ionia

I·o·ni·a  (-n-)

An ancient region of western Asia Minor along the coast of the Aegean Sea. Greek settlers established colonies here before 1000 b.c. The seaports of Ionia flourished from c. 8th century b.c. until the Turkish conquest of the 15th century a.d.

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Ionia [aɪˈəʊnɪə]

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(Placename) an ancient region of W central Asia Minor, including adjacent Aegean islands: colonized by Greeks in about 1100 bc

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Ionia - region of western Asia Minor colonized by ancient Greeks Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey