Ionian

• (UK) IPA^(key): /aɪˈəʊni.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /aɪˈoʊni.ən/
• Rhymes: -əʊniən

Ionia +‎ -n

Ionian (not comparable)

1. Relating to the Hellenic people of that name.
2. Synonym of Ionic.
   1. Pertaining to Ionia, the ancient (ca 1100 BC) region including western Asia Minor and the adjacent Aegean Islands occupied by the Ionian people.
   2. (architecture) Alternative form of Ionic.
3. (music) Designating the Ionian mode or scale; the name of the major key in modal theory.

Ionian (plural Ionians)

1. A member of the Ionians, one of the races of Ancient Greece.

The origin of the sea’s name is uncertain. The Ionian Sea was believed in the Greek tradition to have been named after Io, who was said to have swum in it. The geological period was named after the Ionian Coast in Italy.

the Ionian

1. Ellipsis of Ionian Sea: A sea in the central and east central part of the Mediterranean.
2. (geology, paleontology) A subdivision of the Pleistocene epoch.

Ionian (not comparable)

1. Only used in Ionian Islands.

From Io (“moon of Jupiter”) +‎ -n- +‎ -ian.

Ionian (not comparable)

1. (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 ...

2. (astronomy) Relating to the asteroid (52) Io.

Ionian (plural Ionians)

1. (science fiction) An inhabitant of Io, a moon of Jupiter.