Phenicia
[ fi-nish-uh, -nee-shuh ]
/ fɪˈnɪʃ ə, -ˈni ʃə /
noun
Definition for phenicia (2 of 2)
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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British Dictionary definitions for phenicia
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
Cultural definitions for phenicia
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.