Etymology

Phoenicia

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Latin Phoenicia ← Ancient Greek Φοινίκη ← Egyptian fnḫw
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  1. Egyptian · derived fromfnḫw
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromΦοινίκη
  3. Latin · borrowed fromPhoenicia
  4. English todayPhoenicia

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’.

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