Phocaea

American  

[foh-see-uh] / foʊˈsi ə /

noun

1. an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state.

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Phocaea British  

/ fəʊˈsiːə /

noun

1. an ancient port in Asia Minor, the northernmost of Ionian cities on the W coast of Asia Minor: an important maritime state (about 1000–600 _bc )

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Example Sentences

Marseille, founded by the Greek settlers of Phocaea around 600 BC, is the starting point of the French leg of the relay.

From Reuters

Marseille was once one of the world’s richest cities, its natural harbor an international hub dating back to 600 BC and its founding by Greeks of Phocaea.

From Washington Times

The Little Iliad and the Phoca�s, according to the Herodotean life, were composed by Homer when he lived at Phocaea with a certain Thestorides, who carried them off to Chios and there gained fame by reciting them as his own.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus Histiaeus the son of Lysagoras, the sovereign of Miletus, which was the most powerful of the Greek cities of the coast, commanded his own ships, Laodamas the ships of Phocaea, Aeaces the son of Syloson the ships of Samos, Strattis the ships of Chios, Aristagoras the ships of Cyzicus, Metrodorus those of Proconnesus in the Propontis, Daphnis the ships of Abydus.

From Project Gutenberg

He marched northwards from the valley of the Maeander; in the first instance against Phocaea, which appeared to have taken the leading part in resistance, or at any rate had done most to gain the help of Sparta; after Miletus it was the most powerful city of the Ionians.

From Project Gutenberg