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Lebanon vs Phoenicia - What's the difference?

lebanon | phoenicia |

lebanon

English

(wikipedia Lebanon)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • Country in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Lebanon. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".

    • See also

    * Lebanese Global Information Center * * (wikipedia "Lebanon")

    External links

    * Lebanese Diaspora Find Lebanese people worldwide

    phoenicia

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Phenicia (nonstandard) * (archaic)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • the land of city states of the Phoenicians which around 1000 BC was situated on the coast of present day Syria and Lebanon, and included the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
  • the trading empire of the Phoenicians which spread across most of the eastern Mediterranean Sea as far west as Sicily.

    • Derived terms

    * Phoenician