Associations to the word «Phoenicia»

Wiktionary

PHOENICIA, proper noun. 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.
PHOENICIA, proper noun. The trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far west as Sicily.
PHŒNICIA, proper noun. Obsolete spelling of Phoenicia

Dictionary definition

PHOENICIA, noun. An ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean.

Wise words

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