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Phoenicia
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phoenicia Phœnicia
English
thumb|Phoenicia
Alternative forms
en Phenicia nonstandard
en Phœnicia archaic
Etymology
en la Phoenice Phoenicia, itself a borrowing from en grc Φοινίκη. The word is already found in the gmy - ethnonym gmy 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍. Ultimately from en egy fnḫw, f:n:x-w-V12:Z2 ‘Canaanites, Syrians’.
Pronunciation
en /fəˈnɪʃɪə/ /fəˈniːʃɪə/ /fəˈnɪʃə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Phoenicia.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en historical The land of independent city states that was situated along the coast of present-day Syria and Lebanon around 1000 BCE, including the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
en historical The extensive maritime trading empire of the Phoenicians that spanned much of the eastern Mediterranean and extended westward as far as Sicily.
Derived terms
en Heliopolis in Phoenicia Phoenician
Translations
land of the Phoenicians
Arabic: ar فِينِيقِيَا f
Armenian: hy Փյունիկիա
Basque: eu Fenizia
Bengali: bn ফিনিশিয়া, bn ফোনিশিয়া
Bulgarian: bg Фини́кия f
Catalan: ca Fenícia f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 腓尼基 fei4 nei4 gei1
Mandarin: cmn 腓尼基 Féiníjī
Czech: cs Fénicie f
Danish: da Fønikien
Dutch: nl Fenicië
Esperanto: eo Fenicio
Faroese: fo Fønikia
Finnish: fi Foinikia
French: fr Phénicie
Middle French: frm Phœnice Phoenīcē f, frm Phœnicie f
German: de Phönizien
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Φοινίκη f
Haitian Creole: ht Fenisi
Hawaiian: haw Poinikia
Hungarian: hu Fönícia
Irish: ga an Fhéiníc f
Italian: it Fenicia f
Japanese: ja フェニキア Fenikia
Kazakh: kk Финикия
Latin: la Phoenīcia f
Malay: ms Finiq, ms فينيق
Maltese: mt Feniċja f
Persian: fa فنیقیه feniqiye
Phoenician: phn 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 kanaʿan
Polish: pl Fenicja f
Portuguese: pt Fenícia f
Romanian: ro Fenicia f
Russian: ru Финики́я f
Slovak: sk Fenícia f
Spanish: es Fenicia
Swedish: sv Fenicien n
Tajik: tg Финиқия
Turkish: tr Fenike
Ukrainian: uk Фінікі́я f
Volapük: vo Fönikiyän
en Countries in Asia Phoenicia
Latin
Alternative forms
la Phoenīcē
la Phœnīcē
la Phœnīcia
Etymology
From la grc Φοινίκη, from grc Φοῖνιξ Phoenician, from la egy fnḫw Phoenicians, f:n:x-w-V12:Z2
Pronunciation
Phoenīcia
Proper noun
Phoenīcia<1.loc>
la ancient region in coastal r/West Asia in modern c/Syria,Lebanon Phoenicia
la astronomy The star HD 192263 in the constellation Aquila.https://xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/index.php/Phoenicia
Declension
Phoenīcia<1.loc>
Related terms
la Phoenīces Phoenīcius Phoenissus Phoenix
Descendants
ca Fenícia
en 1 Phoenicia
it Fenicia
frm Phœnicie
pt Fenícia
es Fenicia
References
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