Phönizien

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Phoenicia, from Ancient Greek Φοινίκη (Phoiníkē), from Egyptian fnḫw (“Canaanites, Syrians”),




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Proper noun

Phönizien n (proper noun, genitive Phöniziens or (optionally with an article) Phönizien)

  1. Phoenicia (an ancient region in modern Lebanon and Syria)
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Acts 21:2 (with KJV translation)
      Und da wir ein Schiff fanden, das nach Phönizien fuhr, traten wir hinein und fuhren hin.
      And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
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