"Ἰωνία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἰωνία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /i.ɔː.ní.aː/, /i.oˈni.a/, /i.oˈni.a/, /i.ɔː.ní.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /i.oˈni.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /i.oˈni.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /i.oˈni.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.oˈni.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Compare Egyptian ywnj-ꜥꜣ (“Great Ionia”) i-i-w-n:y-aA:a-Y1 Etymology templates: {{af|grc|Ἴων|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=Ionian}} Ἴων (Íōn, “Ionian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), {{cog|egy|ywnj-ꜥꜣ|t=Great Ionia}} Egyptian ywnj-ꜥꜣ (“Great Ionia”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ}} Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ • (Iōnĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς|form=sing}} Forms: Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ [canonical], Iōnĭ́ā [romanization], Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τῆς Ἰωνῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Ἰωνῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Ἰωνῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], Ἰωνῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], Ἰωνίη [alternative, Ionic]
  1. Ionia Wikipedia link: Ionia

Alternative forms

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