Plural of Ionian . Ionics can also be used. It means natives of Ionia, a region that comprised the central eastern part of Greece and the western part of Turkey, also known as Asiatic Greece. They settled on coasts and islands of the Aegean Sea.
JONIOS Indo-European people who emigrated to Greece around 2000 BC. C . Ionia is the name by which the central-western coast of Anatolia, now called Asiatic Greece, was known in Ancient Greek times, and which also included the surrounding islands.