Phœnicia

See also: phoenicia and Phoenicia

English

Proper noun

Phœnicia

1. Obsolete spelling of Phoenicia.
   • 1811, John Pinkerton, A general collection of the best and most interesting voyages and travels in all parts of the world, page 469:

     Here we came into the part of Syria, which was the ancient Phœnicia, a country always remarkable for its commerce, the inhabitants of which went out in many colonies, and peopled Carthage, Sicily, and ſeveral other countries.