Phocaea
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See also: Phocæa
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Phōcaea, from Ancient Greek Φώκαια (Phṓkaia).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phocaea
- (Ancient Greece) An ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça.
- 1837, Edward Lytton Bulwer , Athens: Its Rise and Fall: , volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, , →OCLC, book I, page 162:
- Theirs were the cities of Myus, and Priene, Colophon, Ephesus, Lebedus, Teos, Clazomene, Erythræ, Phocæa, and Miletus:—in the islands of Samos and Chios were two cities of the same name as the isles themselves.
- (astronomy) 25 Phocaea, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms
- (astronomy): 25 Phocaea, ㉕
Derived terms
Translations
an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φώκαια (Phṓkaia).
Proper noun
Phōcaea f sg (genitive Phōcaeae); first declension
- (Ancient Greece) Phocaea (an ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Phōcaea |
| genitive | Phōcaeae |
| dative | Phōcaeae |
| accusative | Phōcaeam |
| ablative | Phōcaeā |
| vocative | Phōcaea |
| locative | Phōcaeae |