"Phoenicia" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /fəˈnɪʃɪə/, /fəˈniːʃɪə/, /fəˈnɪʃə/
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, f:n:x-w-V12:Z2 ‘Canaanites, Syrians’. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Phoenice|Phoenicia}} Latin Phoenicia, {{der|en|grc|Φοινίκη|}} Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), {{cog|gmy|-}} Mycenaean Greek, {{m|gmy|𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍}} 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo), {{der|en|egy|fnḫw}} Egyptian fnḫw Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Phoenicia
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Phoenicia Categories (place): Countries in Asia Synonyms: Phenicia [nonstandard], Phœnicia [archaic] Derived forms: Phoenician
    Sense id: en-Phoenicia-en-name-pmiwSTVk Disambiguation of Phoenicia: 56 44 Disambiguation of Countries in Asia: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35
  2. The trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far west as Sicily.
    Sense id: en-Phoenicia-en-name-VjNVCp8y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (land of the Phoenicians): Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), فِينِيقِيَا (fīnīqiyā) [feminine] (Arabic), Փյունիկիա (Pʿyunikia) (Armenian), Fenizia (Basque), ফিনিশিয়া (phiniśiẏa) (Bengali), ফোনিশিয়া (phōniśiẏa) (Bengali), Fenícia [feminine] (Catalan), 腓尼基 (fei⁴ nei⁴ gei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 腓尼基 (Féiníjī) (Chinese Mandarin), Fénicie [feminine] (Czech), Fønikien (Danish), Fenicië (Dutch), Fenicio (Esperanto), Fønikia (Faroese), Foinikia (Finnish), Phénicie (French), Phönizien (German), Poinikia (Hawaiian), Fönícia (Hungarian), an Fhéiníc [feminine] (Irish), Fenicia [feminine] (Italian), フェニキア (Fenikia) (Japanese), Phoenīcia [feminine] (Latin), Finiq (Malay), فينيق (Malay), Feniċja [feminine] (Maltese), فنیقیه (feniqiye) (Persian), 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 (alt: knʿn /⁠kanaʿan⁠/) (Phoenician), Fenicja [feminine] (Polish), Fenícia [feminine] (Portuguese), Fenicia [feminine] (Romanian), Финики́я (Finikíja) [feminine] (Russian), Fenícia [feminine] (Slovak), Fenicia (Spanish), Fenicien [neuter] (Swedish), Финиқия (Finiqiya) (Tajik), Fenike (Turkish), Фінікі́я (Finikíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Fönikiyän (Volapük)
Disambiguation of 'land of the Phoenicians': 53 47

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: /pʰoe̯ˈniː.ki.a/ [Classical], [pʰoe̯ˈniːkiä] [Classical], /feˈni.t͡ʃi.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [feˈniːt͡ʃiä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), from Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”), from Egyptian fnḫw (“Syrians”), f:n:x-w-V12:Z2 Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Φοινίκη}} Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), {{m|grc|Φοῖνιξ||Phoenician}} Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”), {{der|la|egy|fnḫw|gloss=Syrians}} Egyptian fnḫw (“Syrians”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Phoenīcia<1.loc>}} Phoenīcia f sg (genitive Phoenīciae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Phoenīcia<1.loc>}} Forms: Phoenīcia [canonical, feminine, singular], Phoenīciae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Phoenīcia [nominative, singular], Phoenīciae [genitive, singular], Phoenīciae [dative, singular], Phoenīciam [accusative, singular], Phoenīciā [ablative, singular], Phoenīcia [singular, vocative], Phoenīciae [locative, singular]
  1. Phoenicia (an ancient region in coastal Western Asia, in modern Syria and Lebanon) Tags: declension-1 Categories (place): Historical and traditional regions, Places in Lebanon, Places in Syria Synonyms: Phoenīcē, Phœnīcē, Phœnīcia Related terms: Phoenīces, phoenīcius, Phoenissus, Phoenix
    Sense id: en-Phoenicia-la-name-vV5L~Mpl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension

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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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