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Phocis

Phocis proper noun: a regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.

Proper noun

Phocis

  1. A regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.
  2. (historical) An ancient region in the central part of ancient Greece that included Delphi.

Forms of Phocis

alternative formPhokis

Origin of Phocis

Borrowed from Latin Phōcis, from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís).

Questions about Phocis

What does Phocis mean?
Phocis means a regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, in modern Greece. Capital and largest city: Amphissa. It is located north northeast of the Peloponnese, which included Delphi.
What part of speech is Phocis?
Phocis is a proper noun.

Words near Phocis in the dictionary

  1. phocicide
  2. phocid
  3. phocids
  4. phocine
  5. phocines
  6. Phocis
  7. phocoenid
  8. phocoenids
  9. phocoid
  10. phocoids
  11. phocomeli

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