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Syria vs Phoenicia - What's the difference?

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syria

English

(wikipedia Syria)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic.
  • See also

    * United Arab Republic

    See also

    * ----

    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