Phocaea

//foʊˈsiːə// name

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  1. 1
    An ancient Ionian Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, now located in İzmir Province, Turkey; modern Foça.

    "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."

  2. 2
    25 Phocaea, a main belt asteroid.

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25 phocaea㉕

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"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."

Etymology

From Latin Phōcaea, from Ancient Greek Φώκαια (Phṓkaia).

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