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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φοίνῑσσᾰ (Phoínīssa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phoenīssa f sg (genitive Phoenīssae); first declension
- Phoenicia (an ancient region in coastal Western Asia, in modern Syria and Lebanon)
- a Phoenician or Carthaginian woman
- synonym of Dido
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
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