Phoenicia
Syllabification: (Phoe·ni·cia)
Pronunciation: /fəˈniSHə, -ˈnēSHə/
Definition of Phoenicia
- an ancient country on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, corresponding to modern Lebanon and the coastal plains of Syria. It consisted of a number of city states, including Tyre and Sidon, and was a flourishing center of Mediterranean trade and colonization during the early part of the 1st millennium bc.
Origin:
from Latin, from Greek Phoinikē