Pāli Dictionary
yona
Part of speech
noun · neuter
general
希腊人，臾那人；希腊人之地（大夏，约今阿富汗一带）
the Greeks, Ionians; the land of the Greeks (Bactria, roughly modern Afghanistan)
Encyclopedia
指巴克特里亚希腊人（爱奥尼亚人）的国度，为阿育王帝国的边疆属地之一，后来也是派遣僧侣前往斯里兰卡的地区。
A country and people identified with the Bactrian Greeks (Ionians), listed as a frontier territory of Asoka’s empire and later a source of Buddhist monks who travelled to Sri Lanka.
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