Phoenicia

American  

[fi-nish-uh, -nee-shuh] / fɪˈnɪʃ ə, -ˈni ʃə /

Or Phenicia

noun

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

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Phoenicia British  

/ fəˈnɪʃɪə, -ˈniː- /

noun

1. 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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Phoenicia Cultural  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

Phoenicia in northwestern Canaan was a major source of the cedar used to construct Egyptian ships.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

A member of Daphne’s family confirmed she had visited the Phoenicia Hotel on Aug. 17 and 26 and had traveled abroad with Peter from Sept. 16 to Sept. 21.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2019

According to treasure-hunter lore, Schultz’s minions buried a steel box filled with millions of dollars somewhere along the banks of the Esopus Creek near rustic small-town Phoenicia, N.Y.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2019

One town over in Phoenicia, there are rapid elevation hikes such as Tanbark Loop and Slide Mountain Wilderness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2019

Nevertheless, it is the bird's delicate, white and fat meat that pleases the palate; and the partridge, under its modest grey feathers, is as toothsome as the brilliant bird of Phoenicia.

From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Sue, Eugène