Phoenicia
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Phoenicia is a common designation for lands adjoining the east Mediterranean coastline, largely within the borders of the present-day republic of Lebanon, but also extending southwards into northern Israel.
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Origins of the Term
Probably derived from Egyptian Fnḫw, Fenkhu, later adopted by the Greeks who called the land Φοινίκη, Phoiníkē
