Ionian

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Ionia +‎ -n

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

• Ionian mode

Translations

Ionic, of Ionia

• Bengali: যবন (bn) (jobon), যবনী (joboni), যাবনী (bn) (jaboni), যাবনিক (bn) (jabonik)
• French: ionien (fr), ionique (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἰωνικός (Iōnikós)

• Hungarian: jón (hu)
• Irish: Iónach
• Italian: jonico, ionico (it)
• Latin: Īō̆nius, Ionicus
• Polish: joński (pl)
• Portuguese: jónico (Portugal), iónico (Portugal), jônio (Brazil), jônico (Brazil), iônico (pt) (Brazil)
• Sicilian: jùnicu
• Spanish: jónico (es)

Noun

Ionian (plural Ionians)

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

Translations

Translations

• French: Ionien (fr) m, Ionienne (fr) f
• Latin: Iones m, Ionis f

Related terms

• Ionic

Etymology 2

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.

Proper noun

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.

Translations

Ionian Sea — see Ionian Sea

geological period

Adjective

Ionian (not comparable)

1. Only used in Ionian Islands.

Etymology 3

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

Adjective

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.

Translations

Translations

Noun

Ionian (plural Ionians)

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