"Phoenicia" meaning in English

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Proper name

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, {{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 Translations (land of the Phoenicians): Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), فِينِيقِيَا (fīnīqiyā) [feminine] (Arabic), Փյունիկիա (Pʻyunikia) (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)
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  2. The trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far west as Sicily.
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Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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          "word": "Fenicien"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Finiqiya",
          "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
          "word": "Финиқия"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 44",
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          "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
          "word": "Fenike"
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          "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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          "word": "Фінікі́я"
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          "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
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      "ipa": "/fəˈniːʃɪə/"
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      "ipa": "/fəˈnɪʃə/"
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      "ipa": "/fəˈnɪʃɪə/"
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      "ipa": "/fəˈniːʃɪə/"
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      "ipa": "/fəˈnɪʃə/"
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      "word": "Phenicia"
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      "word": "Phœnicia"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "fīnīqiyā",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "فِينِيقِيَا"
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      "roman": "Pʻyunikia",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Փյունիկիա"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "word": "Fenizia"
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      "word": "ফিনিশিয়া"
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      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "ফোনিশিয়া"
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Fenícia"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "fei⁴ nei⁴ gei¹",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "腓尼基"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Féiníjī",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "腓尼基"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fénicie"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fønikien"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fenicië"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fenicio"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fønikia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Foinikia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Phénicie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Phönizien"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Phoiníkē",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Φοινίκη"
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    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Poinikia"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fönícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "an Fhéiníc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Fenicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Fenikia",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "フェニキア"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Phoenīcia"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Finiq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "فينيق"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Feniċja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "feniqiye",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "فنیقیه"
    },
    {
      "alt": "knʿn /⁠kanaʿan⁠/",
      "code": "phn",
      "lang": "Phoenician",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fenicja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fenícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fenicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Finikíja",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Финики́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fenícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fenicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Fenicien"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Finiqiya",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Финиқия"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fenike"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Finikíja",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Фінікі́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "land of the Phoenicians",
      "word": "Fönikiyän"
    }
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  "word": "Phoenicia"
}

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