■ noun
1》 a member of an ancient Hellenic people inhabiting Attica, parts of western Asia Minor, and the Aegean islands in pre-classical times.
2》 a native or inhabitant of the ~ Islands, a chain of islands off the western coast of mainland Greece.
■ adjective relating to the ~s or the ~ Islands.
Origin
C16: via L. from Gk Iōnios , from Iōnia 'Ionia', an ancient region on the west coast of Asia Minor.