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Ion.

Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.

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name
  1. Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.

    Greek
  2. Ion of Chios, a Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher of the Pythagorean school

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn).

name
  1. A surname from Romanian.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Romanian Ion.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.