Ionia
[ahy-oh-nee-uh] /aɪˈoʊ ni ə/
noun
1.
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
/aɪˈəʊnɪə/
noun
1.
an ancient region of W central Asia Minor, including adjacent Aegean islands: colonized by Greeks in about 1100 bc
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