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hy′po•i•o′ni•an mode′
(hī′pō ī ō′nē ən, hip′ō-, hī′pō-, hip′ō-),USA pronunciation [Music.]
- Music and Dancea plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.
- hypo- + Latin Ion(ius) Ionian + -ian