phenicia

Noun
  1. An ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean (synset 108939466)
    domain member region:
    • phoenician - the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world
    • ashtoreth, astarte - an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar
    • dagon - god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    has:
    • carthage - an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
    • utica - an ancient city on the north coast of Africa (northwest of Carthage); destroyed by Arabs around 700 AD
    same as: phoenicia

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