Ἰωνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰωνίη (Iōníē) — Ionic

Etymology

From Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Compare Egyptian ywnj-ꜥꜣ (“Great Ionia”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.ní.aː/ → /i.oˈni.a/ → /i.oˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈni.a/

Proper noun

Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ • (Iōnĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Ionia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῐ̓ωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῐ̓ωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῐ̓ωνῐ́ᾱ hē Ĭōnĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓ωνῐ́ᾱς tês Ĭōnĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓ωνῐ́ᾳ tēî Ĭōnĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓ωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Ĭōnĭ́ān
Vocative	Ῐ̓ωνῐ́ᾱ Ĭōnĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: Յոնիա (Yonia)
  • → Armenian: Հոնիա (Honia)
• → Albanian: Jon
• → English: Ionia
• Greek: Ιωνία (Ionía)
• → Latin: Iōnia
• → Portuguese: Jônia
• → Persian: یونان (yunân)
• → Turkish: İyonya

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014