Meanings
alternative Phocea · alternative Phocæa
- Ancient GreeceAn ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça.
Theirs were the cities of Myus, and Priene, Colophon, Ephesus, Lebedus, Teos, Clazomene, Erythræ, Phocæa, and Miletus:—in the islands of Samos and Chios were two cities of the same name as the isles themselves.
1837, Edward Lytton Bulwer [i.e., Edward Bulwer-Lytton], Athens: Its Rise and Fall: […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 162
Synonyms & antonyms
proper noun25 Phocaea, a main belt asteroid.
Origin
- Ancient GreekΦώκαια
- LatinPhōcaea
- EnglishPhocaea
Borrowed from Latin Phōcaea, from Ancient Greek Φώκαια (Phṓkaia).
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Ancient Greek Φώκαια
- Φώκαια (Phṓkaia)an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
Chinese Mandarin 福后星
- 福后星 (Fúhòuxīng)asteroid
French Phocée
- Phocéean ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
German Phokaia
- Phokaiaan ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
Greek Φώκαια, Φώκαια
- Φώκαια (Fókaia)an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
- Φώκαια (Fókaia)asteroid
Italian Focea
- Foceaan ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
Latin Phōcaea
- Phōcaeaan ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
Russian Фокея
- Фокея (Fokeja)an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
Cite this entry
Phocaea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phocaea
“Phocaea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phocaea. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Phocaea,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phocaea.
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