Pho·cae·a (f -s   ) 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. |
Phocaea [fəʊˈsiːə]
n
(Placename) an ancient port in Asia Minor, the northernmost of Ionian cities on the W coast of Asia Minor: an important maritime state (about 1000-600 bc)
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