Phoenicia
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Phoenicia
- /fəˈnɪʃɪə/
- /fəˈniːʃɪə/
- /fəˈnɪʃə/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin Phoenicia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē).
The word is already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo). Ultimately from Egyptian fnḫw, f:n:x-w-V12:Z2 ‘Canaanites, Syrians’.
proper noun Phenicia · Phœnicia
- The land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
- The trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far west as Sicily.
Translations
Talk about this word "Phoenicia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/phoenicia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Phoenicia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/phoenicia "Phoenicia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/phoenicia.Cite this
@misc{phoenicia_2026,
title = {Phoenicia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phoenicia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
