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Ionian

 
Dictionary: I·o·ni·an   (ī-ō'nē-ən) pronunciation
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  1. A native or inhabitant of Ionia.
  2. One of a Hellenic people of Mycenaean origin that inhabited Attica, the Peloponnesus along the Saronic Gulf, Euboea, the Cyclades, and Ionia.
Ionian I·o'ni·an adj.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Ionian
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Any ancient Greek inhabitant of Ionia, from the time of the collapse of Mycenae. Ionian cities colonized southern Italy and opened up the Black Sea from c. 700 BC. Their contributions to Greek culture included the epics of Homer and the earliest elegiac and iambic poetry. They began the study of geography, philosophy, and historiography in the 6th century. After Alexander the Great their literary language was the basis of Koine, or "common speech," the language of practically all Greek writing to the present day.

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Music Encyclopedia: Ionian
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The name coined by Glarean ( Dodecachordon, 1547) for one of his additions to the eight traditional church modes, the authentic mode on C, range c-c′. It is identical with the modern major scale. See Mode.


WordNet: Ionian
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

 
 

 

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