Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy. It is linked with the Adriatic Sea by the Strait of Otranto.
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- proper noun A sea in the central and east central part of the
Mediterranean .
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- noun an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy
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Examples
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Looking towards the Ionian Sea is the plain of Sibari, where once stood, at the mouth of the Crati River, the Greek city for which the plain is named.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The Chones inhabited the part toward Iapigia and the Ionian Sea which is called
Politics: A Treatise on Government 384 BC-322 BC Aristotle
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Traveling across the Ionian Sea, seasonal gale force winds and 12-foot waves prevented us from tendering at one of the ports and sent scores of seasick passengers and crew to their cabins.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Downsizing: The Pleasures of Cruising Small Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010
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Traveling across the Ionian Sea, seasonal gale force winds and 12-foot waves prevented us from tendering at one of the ports and sent scores of seasick passengers and crew to their cabins.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Downsizing: The Pleasures of Cruising Small Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010
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Traveling across the Ionian Sea, seasonal gale force winds and 12-foot waves prevented us from tendering at one of the ports and sent scores of seasick passengers and crew to their cabins.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Downsizing: The Pleasures of Cruising Small Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010
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Mr. Politis, who himself got a master ' s degree in Britain but returned to Greece to work, knew Mr. Tsakalis since their childhood summers in a small fishing village on the Ionian Sea.
Three Deaths Shifted Course of Greek Crisis Marcus Walker 2010
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By region, the Greek tourist islands in the Ionian Sea posted the highest unemployment rate in the first quarter.
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Place names rooted "Sam" are also found in two other Greek islands with highly mountainous landscape, Samothrace the two components of the name are easily visible in the northern Aegean Sea and Sami, city at the eastern of the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea.
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Mr. Cartledge is at his best in a chapter on Miletus, a city across the Ionian Sea and not a regular tourist destination.
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Traveling across the Ionian Sea, seasonal gale force winds and 12-foot waves prevented us from tendering at one of the ports and sent scores of seasick passengers and crew to their cabins.
Dr. Irene S. Levine: Downsizing: The Pleasures of Cruising Small Dr. Irene S. Levine 2010
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