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The Ionian Islands (Modern Greek: Ιόνια νησιά, Ionia nisia; Ancient Greek, Katharevousa: Ἰόνιαι Νῆσοι, Ionioi Nēsoi) are a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, west of mainland Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese ("Seven Islands"; Ἑπτάνησα, Heptanēsa or Ἑπτάνησος,
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See moreThe seven islands are, from north to south:
• Kerkyra (Κέρκυρα) usually known as Corfu in English and Corfù in Italian
• Paxi (Παξοί) also known as Paxos in English
• Lefkada (Λευκάδα) also known as Lefkas in English...
See moreIn Ancient Greek, the adjective Ionios (Ἰόνιος) was used as an epithet for the sea between Epirus and Italy in which the Ionian Islands are found, becaus
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See moreThe islands were settled by Greeks at an early date, possibly as early as 1200 BC, and certainly by the 9th century BC. The early Eretrian settlement at Kerkyra was displaced by colonists from Corinth in 734 BC. The islands were mostly a backwater during Ancient Greek
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See moreThe Ionian Islands' official population, excluding Kythera, in 2011 was 207,855, decreased by 1.50% compared to the population in 2001.
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See more• Argostóli (Αργοστόλι), in Kefalonia
• Kérkyra (Κέρκυρα), in Corfu
• Lefkáda (Λευκάδα), in Lefkada
• Lixouri (Ληξούρι), in Kefalonia...
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