Phoenicia

or Phe·ni·cia

[ fi-nish-uh, -nee-shuh ]

/ fɪˈnɪʃ ə, -ˈni ʃə /

noun

an ancient kingdom on the Mediterranean, in the region of modern Syria, Lebanon, and Israel.

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Examples from the Web for phoenicia

Phoenicia continued faithful to Alexander during the remainder of his career.
History of Phoenicia|George Rawlinson
I was in Sicily; he wished me to visit him in Phoenicia, and desired me to bring him a copy of the works of that philosopher.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1|Plotinos (Plotinus)
He had usurped the throne and was the first important Phoenician king after Hiram (see Phoenicia).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various
In his reign the greatness of Phoenicia reached its zenith, just as that of the Hebrews culminated under David.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)|G. Maspero

After that date, for a few centuries, Phoenicia had a great influence on the development of Europe.
The Story of Evolution|Joseph McCabe

British Dictionary definitions for phoenicia

Phoenicia

/ (fəˈnɪʃɪə, -ˈniː-) /

noun

an ancient maritime country extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Lebanon Mountains, now occupied by the coastal regions of Lebanon and parts of Syria and Israel: consisted of a group of city-states, at their height between about 1200 and 1000 bc, that were leading traders of the ancient world

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Cultural definitions for phoenicia

Phoenicia

[ (fuh-nee-shuh, fuh-nish-uh) ]

An ancient nation of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its territory included what are today coastal areas of modern Israel and Lebanon. The Phoenicians were famed as traders and sailors. They developed an alphabet that was eventually adapted by the Greeks and Romans into the alphabet used in writing English. In the Phoenicians' alphabet, the marks stand for individual sounds rather than for whole words or syllables, as in Egyptian hieroglyphics.