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IONIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Ionian" is a kind of...):
citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ionian" is a kind of...):
Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the ancient Ionians who lived in Attica and related territories, to their Ionic dialect of Greek, or to their culture
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Attica (the territory of Athens in ancient Greece where the Ionic dialect was spoken)
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