a member of a Hellenic people who settled in Attica in about 1100 bc and later colonized the islands and E coast of the Aegean Sea
adjective
2.
of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Ionic
3.
of or relating to Ionia
4. music
relating to or denoting an authentic mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from C to C and forming the basis of the modern major key
See also Hypo-
Ionian in American English
(aɪˈoʊniən)
adjective
1.
of Ionia or its people or culture
2.
of an ancient Greek people that settled in eastern Greece and in Ionia