Phoenician City Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • hoop that covers a wheel • a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
	31%	6		Site of the oldest continuously inhabited Phoenician city
	noun • an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
	29%	6		Ancient Phoenician city in modern-day Tunisia
	noun • a port city in eastern Tunisia on the Mediterranean

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