Ionian Islands

English

Proper noun

the Ionian Islands pl (plural only)

1. A group of islands in the Ionian Sea – one of the 13 peripheries of Greece. The main islands are Cephalonia, Corfu, Ithaca, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi and Zante.

   Synonym: Heptanese

Derived terms

• United States of the Ionian Islands

 

Translations

a group of islands in the Ionian Sea

• Catalan: Illes Jòniques f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊奧尼亞群島／伊奥尼亚群岛 (Yīàoníyàqúndǎo), 愛奧尼亞群島／爱奥尼亚群岛 (Àiàoníyàqúndǎo)

• Danish: Joniske Øer pl, Ioniske Øer pl
• Dutch: Ionische Eilanden
• Estonian: Joonia saared
• Finnish: Jooniansaaret
• French: les îles Ioniennes f plural
• Georgian: იონიის კუნძულები (ioniis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Ionische Inseln
• Greek: Ιόνια νησιά (el) (Iónia nisiá)
• Latin: Insulae Ioniae
• Portuguese: Ilhas Jónicas f pl (Portugal), Ilhas Jônicas f pl (Brazil)
• Russian: Иони́ческие острова́ m pl (Ioníčeskije ostrová)
• Spanish: Islas Jónicas
• Swedish: Joniska öarna

See also

• Attica
• Central Greece
• Central Macedonia
• Crete
• East Macedonia and Thrace
• Epirus
• North Aegean
• Peloponnese
• South Aegean
• Thessaly
• West Greece
• West Macedonia

 

Further reading

• Ionian Islands on Wikipedia.Wikipedia