Ionian

(-nē ən)

adjective

  1. of Ionia or its people or culture
  2. of an ancient Greek people that settled in eastern Greece and in Ionia

noun

an Ionian Greek

See Ionian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.

Related Forms:

  • I·oˈni·an adjective

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