Fenícia

See also: fenicia, Fenicia, and fenícia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

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

Proper noun

Fenícia f

  1. Phoenicia (an ancient civilisation in Levant)

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
  • 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, 2003–2026
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