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Pho·cae·a 
[foh-see-uh] Pronunciation Key
[foh-see-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| an ancient seaport in Asia Minor: northernmost of the Ionian cities; later an important maritime state. |
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| Pho·cae·a
(fō-sē'ə) Pronunciation Key
An ancient Ionian Greek city of western Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. It was an important maritime state c. 1000 to 600 B.C. but declined after a Persian siege in 540. |
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