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Fenícia

Fenícia

See also: fenicia, Fenicia, and fenícia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Fenícia f

  1. Phoenicia (an ancient civilisation in the Levant)

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Slovak

Proper noun

Fenícia f

  1. Phoenicia (a group of ancient city states situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon)

Related terms

  • feničtina
  • fenický
  • Feničan

fenícia

fenícia

See also: fenicia, Fenicia, and Fenícia

Portuguese

Adjective

fenícia f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective fenício.

Etymology

From Latin Phoenīcia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη ‎(Phoiníkē), from φοίνικι ‎(phoíniki, “Phoenicians”), from Mycenaean Greek [script needed] ‎(po-ni-ki-jo), from Egyptian fnḫw ‎(fenhku, “Canaanites, Syrians”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fe.ˈni.si.ɐ/, /fe.ˈni.sjɐ/
  • Homophone: fenícia

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