I. īˈōnēən noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin ioni us, adjective + English -an, n. suffix
1. : a native or inhabitant of Ionia ; especially : one of the Greek people descended from an early group of Hellenic invaders of Greece
2. : a member of a school of philosophers of ancient Greece consisting chiefly of the Milesians but including also the philosophers Heraclitus and Xenophanes
II. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin ioni us Ionian (from Ionia, ancient district including the south central part of the west coast of Asia Minor and several nearby Aegean islands such as Chios and Samos, from Greek Iōnia, from Iōn, n., Ionian + -ia ) + English -an, adjective suffix
1.
a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Ionia
b. : of, relating to, or characteristic of the people of Ionia
2. : of or relating to the Ionian group of Greek philosophers
resumed the Ionian tradition of scientific research — Benjamin Farrington