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Ionian

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I·o·ni·an  (-n-n)
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Ionia.
2. One of a Hellenic people of Mycenaean origin that inhabited Attica, the Peloponnesus along the Saronic Gulf, Euboea, the Cyclades, and Ionia.
I·oni·an adj.
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Noun1.IonianIonian - a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Hellene, Greek - a native or inhabitant of Greece
2.Ionian - the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia
citizenry, people - the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"
Adj.1.Ionian - of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture


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In continental Greece (1), on the other hand, but especially in Boeotia, a new form of epic sprang up, which for the romance and PATHOS of the Ionian School substituted the practical and matter-of-fact.
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The Chones inhabited the part toward Iapigia and the Ionian Sea which is called Syrtis.
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