Phoenicia
/fəˈnɪʃɪə/
词源链
- 英语English
Phoenicia
词源说明
Borrowed from Latin Phoenicia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē). The word is already found in the Mycenaean Greek ethnonym 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo). Ultimately from Egyptian fnḫw, ‘Canaanites, Syrians’.
释义
专有名词proper noun
- 1historicalThe land of independent city states that was situated along the coast of present-day Syria and Lebanon around 1000 BCE, including the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
- 2historicalThe extensive maritime