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Definition of Ionian sea

1. Noun. An arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy.

Definition of Ionian sea

1. Proper noun. A sea in the central and east central part of the Mediterranean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ionian Sea

Literary usage of Ionian sea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... noble citizens of Zant or Zacynthus, whose mangled bodies he cast into the ionian sea, was imputed, by the public indignation, to his latest posterity. ..."

2. Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832 by James Ellsworth De Kay (1833)
"ionian sea—Candia, or Crete—Mount ... diversified by various annoying calms, across that part of the Mediterranean which is termed the ionian sea. ..."

3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"... in the ionian sea, whence sprung the family of Epiphanes on his mother's side, so great is said to have been the impression made by this young man on ..."

4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"One column of the building is still standing, a signal for ships, and can be seen from afar over the blue waters of the ionian sea. ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... noble citizens of Zant or Zacynthus, whose mangled bodies he cast into the ionian sea, was imputed, by the public indignation, to his latest posterity. ..."

6. Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832 by James Ellsworth De Kay (1833)
"ionian sea—Candia, or Crete—Mount ... diversified by various annoying calms, across that part of the Mediterranean which is termed the ionian sea. ..."

7. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"... in the ionian sea, whence sprung the family of Epiphanes on his mother's side, so great is said to have been the impression made by this young man on ..."

8. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"One column of the building is still standing, a signal for ships, and can be seen from afar over the blue waters of the ionian sea. ..."

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