Ionia

See also: Iónia and Iônia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈəʊni.ə/, /aɪˈəʊnjə/

Proper noun

Ionia

1. (historical) A former settlement in Anatolia, on the coast of the Aegean Sea; An Ancient Greek settlement on the west coast of Asia Minor inhabited by the Ionians, one of the four main Hellenic tribes.
2. A place in the United States
   1. A city in Iowa.
   2. A city, the county seat of Ionia County, Michigan.
   3. A village in Missouri.

Derived terms

• Ionia County
• Ionian
• Ionic

 

Related terms

• Ion

 

Translations

(historical) Ancient Greek settlement in Asia Minor

• Catalan: Jònia f
• Danish: Jonien, Ionien
• Egyptian: (ywnj-ꜥꜣ)
• Farefare: Yonia
• Finnish: Joonia
• French: Ionie (fr) f
• Galician: Xonia
• German: Jonien, Ionien (de)
• Greek: Ιωνία (el) f (Ionía)

  Ancient: Ἰωνία f (Iōnía)

• Latin: Iōnia f
• Marathi: आयोनिया (āyoniyā)
• Old Persian: 𐎹𐎢𐎴 (y-u-n /⁠yauna⁠/)
• Portuguese: Iónia f (Portugal), Iônia f (Brazil)
• Spanish: Jonia
• Turkish: İyonya

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jōnia

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰωνία (Iōnía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈoː.ni.a/, [iˈoːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈo.ni.a/, [iˈɔːniä]

Proper noun

Iōnia f sg (genitive Iōniae); first declension

1. Ionia (a region of Asia Minor, in modern Turkey)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iōnia
Genitive	Iōniae
Dative	Iōniae
Accusative	Iōniam
Ablative	Iōniā
Vocative	Iōnia
Locative	Iōniae

Derived terms

• Iōnēnsis (New Latin)
• Iōniacus
• Iōn

References

• “Ionia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ĭōnia” on page 964/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)