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- noun One of the seven
Ionian Islands :Corfu ,Ithaca , Kefallonia,Kythira ,Lefkada , Paxoi and Zante.
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Examples
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The famous Straits were almost a replica of Ionian Island scenery: the shores of the Mediterranean, limestone and sandstone, with here and there a volcanic patch, continually repeat themselves.
To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Greece holiday: Ionian Island hopping On a hop around the Ionian Sea, John Gimlette finds that the reality is every bit as good as the myth.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It was the first American ship to arrive on scene during the 1953 Ionian Island earthquake.
SF Universe 2009
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