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Meaning of AONIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\A*o"ni*an\ ([asl]*[=o]"n[i^]*an), a. [From Aonia, a part
of B[oe]otia, in Greece.]
Pertaining to Aonia, in B[oe]otia, or to the Muses, who were
supposed to dwell there.
{Aonian fount}, the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of
   Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the
   Muses.
 
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