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Sicily vs Phoenicia - What's the difference?

sicily | phoenicia |

sicily

English

Proper noun

(wikipedia Sicily) (Sicilies) (see usage notes below)
  • An autonomous region and island of Italy.

    • Usage notes

    * While the rules of English state that proper nouns ending in y'' add an ''s'' to form their plural (as in ''Germanys'' and ''Marys''), ''Sicily'' is an exception to this rule, as in '' .

    Derived terms

    * Sicilian

    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