Phocaean

//fəʊˈsiːən// adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of Phocaea.

    "The discipline of the navy was not equal to the valour of the enterprise; Dionysius, commander of the Phocæans, attempted, perhaps too rigorously, to enforce it;—jealousy and disgust broke out among the troops[…]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Phocaea or its inhabitants.

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"The discipline of the navy was not equal to the valour of the enterprise; Dionysius, commander of the Phocæans, attempted, perhaps too rigorously, to enforce it;—jealousy and disgust broke out among the troops[…]."

Etymology

From Phocaea + -an.

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