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PRONUNCIATION OF IONIAN SEA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IONIAN SEA

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Ionian Sea is a noun.
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WHAT DOES IONIAN SEA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ionian Sea

Ionian Sea

The Ionian Sea, is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. It is bounded by southern Italy including Calabria, Sicily and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania to the north, and west coast of Greece. All major islands in the sea belong to Greece. They are collectively referred to as the Ionian Islands, the major ones being Corfu, Zakynthos, Kephalonia, Ithaca, and Lefkada. There are ferry routes between Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at −5,267 m, is located in the Ionian Sea, at 36°34′N 21°8′E / 36.567°N 21.133°E / 36.567; 21.133. The sea is one of the most seismically active areas in the world.

Definition of Ionian Sea in the English dictionary

The definition of Ionian Sea in the dictionary is the part of the Mediterranean Sea between SE Italy, E Sicily, and Greece.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IONIAN SEA

IOM
ion
ion engine
ion exchange
ion implantation
ion rocket
Iona
IONARC
Ionesco
Ionia
Ionian
Ionian Islands

WORDS THAT END LIKE IONIAN SEA

Aegean Sea
Amundsen Sea
Andaman Sea
Arabian Sea
Baltic Sea
Bellingshausen Sea
Black Sea
Caribbean Sea
Caspian Sea
China Sea
Dead Sea
Icarian Sea
Inland Sea
Mediterranean Sea
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
Red Sea
South China Sea
Tasman Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea

Synonyms and antonyms of Ionian Sea in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Ionian Sea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IONIAN SEA

Find out the translation of Ionian Sea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Ionian Sea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Ionian Sea» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爱奥尼亚海
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mar Jónico
570 millions of speakers

English

Ionian Sea
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Ionian सागर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البحر الأيوني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Ионическое море
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mar Jónico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Ionian সাগর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mer Ionienne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Laut Ionia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ionische Meer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イオニア海
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이오니아 해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Segara Ionian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biển Ionian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Ionian Sea
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आयोएनयन सी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iyonya denizi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Ionian Sea
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Morze Jońskie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Іонічне море
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Marea Ionică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ιόνιο Πέλαγος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ioniese See
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Joniska havet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

joniske hav
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Ionian Sea

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IONIAN SEA»

The term «Ionian Sea» is normally little used and occupies the 117.123 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IONIAN SEA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Ionian Sea» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Ionian Sea» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Ionian Sea

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IONIAN SEA»

Discover the use of Ionian Sea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Ionian Sea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
Armed with guidebooks and classical accounts, Gissing made two memorable trips to the Mediterranean: first to Rome and Athens in 1886, and eleven years later to Calabria and the wild Italian coast south of Naples, which resulted in this ...
George Gissing, 1996
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By the Ionian Sea (Webster's Chinese Traditional Thesaurus ...
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running Chinese Traditional thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of By the Ionian Sea.
George Gissing, Inc Icon Group International, 2010
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By the Ionian Sea - Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
George Gissing, 2010
4
Regional Assessment of Climate Change in the Mediterranean: ...
Contour interval is 2X 10*7 Nm'3, zero isoline is bold, and negative values are dashed Ionian Stream (AIS) into the Northern Ionian Sea forming the Western Ionian Anticyclonic Gyre. The anticyclonic gyre extends over the whole Ionian Sea ...
Antonio Navarra, Laurence Tubiana, 2013
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Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D.
Epicentres of tsunamigenic earthquakes near the shore of western Greece, in the Ionian Sea, in the Gulf of Corinth and Ionian islands where tsunamis were observed. The legend is given in Fig. 2. The western coast of Greece (where the  ...
Sergey L. Soloviev, 2000
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Anatomy of an Orogen: The Apennines and Adjacent ...
This chapter provides a synthesis of the past and current state of the knowledge on geological structure and evolution of the Calabria-Peloritani terrane and the northern (Nl Ionian Sea. A general introduction to the study area is followed by a  ...
Gian Battista Vai, Peter Martini, 2001
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The Eastern Mediterranean as a Laboratory Basin for the ...
The Ionian and Levantine Seas offer depths often over 3000 m and have a narrow continental shelf. The main water masses in the Ionian Sea are the Modified Atlantic Water, the Ionian Surface Water, the Levantine Intermediate Water and the ...
Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Valery N. Eremeev, 1999
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Modern History Or the Present State of All Nations
Belvidere, bounded by Clarenza on the north, from which it is separated by the river Carbon, or Orfea, by Zachonia on the east, by the sea of Sapienza on the south, and by the Ionian sea towards the west. 4. The dutchy of Clarenza, containing ...
Thomas Salmon, 1744
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Environmental Condition of the Mediterranean Sea: European ...
State of the sea Most of the Greek territory borders on the sea, i.e. the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey and the Ionian Sea between Greece and Italy. The surface currents have in general an anticlockwise direction, northwards in the ...
F.B. de Walle, M. Nikolopoulou-Tamvakli, W.J. Heinen, 1993
10
By the Ionian Sea and the Paying Guest
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
George R. Gissing, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IONIAN SEA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Ionian Sea is used in the context of the following news items.
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Corfu, a cool Ionian breeze in Federal Hill - Baltimore Sun
Armenis named his new restaurant after a Greek island in the Ionian sea, and with walls painted the color of the clear blue sea and its icy cool ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
2
Marine geologist plumbs the depths of seabed landslides
... lecturers was involved in a survey in the Ionian Sea ahead of laying new fibre optics, and we got the chance to spend time on the expedition. «Siliconrepublic.com, Jul 15»
3
The 10 best wild beaches in Puglia
... climate ideal for anyone looking to bronze themselves in the Italian sun before cooling off in the cool Ionian sea. After relaxing during the day, ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
4
Johnny Depp Buying a Greek Island - The Pappas Post
... that he was the same agent that represented Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in their transaction for an island purchase in the Ionian Sea. «The Pappas Post, Jul 15»
5
Greece gets three bids to explore offshore oil and gas
... the country floated bid asking companies to offer bids to explore 20 offshore blocks spanning more than 200,000km² across Ionian Sea and ... «Offshore Technology, Jul 15»
6
Island life for sale after Greek financial woes
$4.7 million will buy you the Isle of Gaia, a 17.4 hectare island in the Ionian Sea described as a “perfect millionaire's playground.” The Isle of ... «Your Investment Property Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Greek state receives three bids for hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea
Three bids were submitted for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Ionian Sea and the southern Cretan Sea, as part of a ... «The Sofia Globe, Jul 15»
8
Greece Looks To Offshore Oil And Gas | OilPrice.com
On July 14, the Greek government said that it had received three bids for offshore oil drilling, to the west in the Ionian Sea and south of Crete in ... «OilPrice.com, Jul 15»
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Here are the 11 cheapest Greek islands for sale right now
Location: Ionian Sea Development: Partially Developed Size: 1112.00 Acres / 4,500,000 square metres. This partially developed island only ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
10
Greece Will Not Extend 2nd International Licensing Round
... of these blocks are located along the Hellenic shelf of the Ionian Sea, with the other half dotted along the Greek region of the Mediterranean. «Rigzone, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Ionian Sea [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ionian-sea>. Apr 2024 ».
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