phenicia

1. 1.

   an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean

   SynonymsPhoenicia

   Broadergeographical area

   PartsCarthageUtica

Other forms of phenicia

plural

phenicias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about phenicia

What does phenicia mean?

phenicia means "an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean".

How many syllables are in phenicia?

phenicia has 4 syllables: phe-ni-ci-a. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for phenicia?

Close synonyms include Phoenicia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phenicia a common word?

phenicia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.