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Phocaean

/fəʊˈsiːən/

Phocaean adjective: of or pertaining to Phocaea or its inhabitants.

Adjective

Phocaean (comparative more Phocaean, superlative most Phocaean)

  1. (Ancient Greece) Of or pertaining to Phocaea or its inhabitants.

Noun

Phocaean (plural Phocaeans)

  1. (Ancient Greece) An inhabitant of Phocaea.
    • The discipline of the navy was not equal to the valour of the enterprise; Dionysius, commander of the Phocæans, attempted, perhaps too rigorously, to enforce it;—jealousy and disgust broke out among the troops[…].1837, Edward Lytton Bulwer [i.e., Edward Bulwer-Lytton], Athens: Its Rise and Fall: […], volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 451

Forms of Phocaean

Adjective
comparativemore Phocaean
superlativemost Phocaean
alternative formPhocæan
alternative formPhocean
Noun
pluralPhocaeans

Origin of Phocaean

From Latin Phocaeus + -an or Phocaea + -n.

Questions about Phocaean

What does Phocaean mean?
Phocaean means of or pertaining to Phocaea or its inhabitants.
What part of speech is Phocaean?
Phocaean can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Phocaean?
Phocaean is pronounced /fəʊˈsiːən/ (UK).

Words near Phocaean in the dictionary

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

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