[ahy-oh-nee-uh] 
| an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks. |
| I·o·ni·a (ī-ō'nē-ə) An ancient region of western Asia Minor along the coast of the Aegean Sea. Greek settlers established colonies here before 1000 B.C. The seaports of Ionia flourished from c. 8th century B.C. until the Turkish conquest of the 15th century A.D. |
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