English
Phocaea
Phocaea comes from Ancient Greek Φώκαια.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΦώκαιαPhṓkaia
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPhōcaea
- Englishearliest quotation 1837Phocaea
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΦώκαιαPhṓkaia
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEPhōcaea
- Englishearliest quotation 1837Phocaea
Earliest quotation: 1837, Edward Lytton Bulwer [i.e., Edward Bulwer-Lytton]: “Theirs were the cities of Myus, and Priene, Colophon,…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek Φώκαια
Today it means
name An ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Φώκαια / Phocaea