Phoenicia
See also: phoenicia and Phœnicia
English
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Phoenicia
Alternative forms
- Phenicia (nonstandard)
- Phœnicia (archaic)
Etymology
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,
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‘Canaanites, Syrians’.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fəˈnɪʃɪə/, /fəˈniːʃɪə/, /fəˈnɪʃə/
Proper noun
Phoenicia
- 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.
Derived terms
- Phoenician
Translations
land of the Phoenicians
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Latin
Alternative forms
- Phoenīcē
- Phœnīcē
- Phœnīcia
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), from Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”), from Egyptian fnḫw (“Syrians”),
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰoe̯ˈniː.ki.a/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fɛˈni.t͡ʃi.a/, [fɛˈniː.t͡ʃi̯a], [fɛˈniː.t͡ʃa]
Proper noun
Phoenīcia f (genitive Phoenīciae); first declension
- Phoenicia
Inflection
First declension, with locative.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Phoenīcia |
Genitive | Phoenīciae |
Dative | Phoenīciae |
Accusative | Phoenīciam |
Ablative | Phoenīciā |
Vocative | Phoenīcia |
Locative | Phoenīciae |
Related terms
- Phoenīces
- phoenīcius
- Phoenissus
- Phoenix
Descendants
- English: Phoenicia
References
- Phoenicia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phoenicia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette