Fenícia

See also: fenicia, Fenicia, and fenícia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Phenícia (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Phoenīcia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), from φοίνικι (phoíniki, “Phoenicians”), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo), from Egyptian fnḫw (fenhku, “Canaanites, Syrians”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈni.si.ɐ/ [feˈni.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /feˈni.sjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈni.si.ɐ/ [feˈni.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /feˈni.sjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈni.si.a/ [feˈni.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /feˈni.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈni.sjɐ/

• Homophone: fenícia
• Hyphenation: Fe‧ní‧ci‧a

Proper noun

Fenícia f

1. Phoenicia (an ancient civilisation in Levant)

Related terms

• fenício

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeniːt͡sia/

Proper noun

Fenícia f (genitive singular Fenície, declension pattern of ulica)

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

Declension

Declension of Fenícia

	singulare tantum
nominative	Fenícia
genitive	Fenície
dative	Fenícii
accusative	Feníciu
locative	Fenícii
instrumental	Feníciou

Related terms

• feničtina
• fenický
• Feničan, Feničanka

Further reading

• “Fenícia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024