Aonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient region of Greece: possibly Boeotia, or possibly the part of Boeotia containing the mountains Helicon and Cithaeron, and thus sacred to the Muses, whom Ovid calls the Aonides.

Pronunciation

/eɪˈəʊ.ni.ə/ /eɪˈoʊ.ni.ə/

Word forms

Aonia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀονία (Aonía).

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