Phönizien

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

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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.