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Io.
n.  in Classical mythology, the daughter of Inachus.

<Inachus, a river-god and legendary king of Argos, was the father both of the Goddess Io, who became Isis when she reached Egypt, and of the hero Phoroneus, founder of the Pelasgian race, who has already been identified with the God Bran, alias Cronos.  —Robert Graves, The White Goddess.>

n.  the blind, elderly chief of the gods in The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable by Terry Pratchett.


n.  the universal void, as discussed in Spiritwalker: Messages from the Future by Hank Wesselman.


Ioa.
n.  a populated place in the Harjumaa region of Estonia.


n.  a volcanic crater valley in the north of Maui, home to frigate birds and other rare sea birds.


ioa.
n.  the frigate bird of Hawaii.


Ioaa.
n.  a capital in the Ioannina region of Greece.


Ioi.
n.  a populated place in the Central region of Papua New Guinea.



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