IONIAN

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• IONIAN (noun)
  The noun IONIAN has 2 senses:

1. a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

2. the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia

  Familiarity information: IONIAN used as a noun is rare.

• IONIAN (adjective)
  The adjective IONIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture

  Familiarity information: IONIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

• IONIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Ionian" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Ionian" is a kind of...):

citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)

• IONIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Attica (the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken)

 Context examples 

A country in southern Europe, bordering the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas, between Albania and Turkey.

(Greece, NCI Thesaurus)