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phocaea

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Pho⋅cae⋅a

  [foh-see-uh]
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–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)   
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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