Ionia

[ ahy-oh-nee-uh ]

/ aɪˈoʊ ni ə /

an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.

Example sentences from the Web for ionia

Michigan Judge Raymond Voet of Ionia County 64A District Court doesn't like phones interrupting court proceedings.

Judge Fines Himself for Contempt of the Court |David Frum |April 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Socrates could fly to Thessaly, where the law could not reach him, as Anaxagoras had fled to Ionia.

A Critical History of Greek Philosophy |W. T. Stace
Herodotus asserts that he himself had seen several of these monuments in his travels in Syria and Ionia.

History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 5 (of 12) |G. Maspero
"Though we live in indolent Ionia, we still believe Hesiod's maxim, that industry is the guardian of virtue," rejoined Anaxagoras.

Philothea |Lydia Maria Child

In his wrath, he said that he would punish both rebels and Athenians, and immediately sent his army into Ionia.

The Story of the Greeks |H. A. Guerber
Socrates took oath by the oak; also the women of Priene, a maritime city of Ionia, in matters of importance.

Cultus Arborum |Anonymous

Ionia

/ (aɪˈəʊnɪə) /

an ancient region of W central Asia Minor, including adjacent Aegean islands: colonized by Greeks in about 1100 bc