Phœnicia
English
Proper noun
Phœnicia
- 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.
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