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Phocaea

/fəʊˈsiːə/US/foʊˈsiːə/

Phocaea proper noun: an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça.

Proper noun

Phocaea

  1. (Ancient Greece) An ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça.
    • Theirs were the cities of Myus, and Priene, Colophon, Ephesus, Lebedus, Teos, Clazomene, Erythræ, Phocæa, and Miletus:—in the islands of Samos and Chios were two cities of the same name as the isles themselves.1837, Edward Lytton Bulwer [i.e., Edward Bulwer-Lytton], Athens: Its Rise and Fall: […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 162
  2. 25 Phocaea, a main belt asteroid.
    Synonyms:
    25 Phocaea, ㉕

Synonyms of Phocaea

  • 25 Phocaea
  • ㉕

Forms of Phocaea

alternative formPhocea
alternative formPhocæa

Origin of Phocaea

Borrowed from Latin Phōcaea, from Ancient Greek Φώκαια (Phṓkaia).

Words formed from Phocaea

Questions about Phocaea

What does Phocaea mean?
Phocaea means an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça.
What part of speech is Phocaea?
Phocaea is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Phocaea?
Phocaea is pronounced /fəʊˈsiːə/ (UK).

Words near Phocaea in the dictionary

  1. phoby cats
  2. phoca
  3. phocacean
  4. phocaceans
  5. phocae
  6. Phocaea
  7. Phocaean
  8. Phocaeans
  9. phocal
  10. phocas
  11. Phocea

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