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—Phaeacian, n., adj./fee ay"sheuh/, n. Class. Myth.an island nation on the shores of which Odysseus was shipwrecked and discovered by Nausicaä.
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Phaeacia — /fiˈeɪʃə/ (say fee ayshuh) noun Greek Legend a land visited by Odysseus after the fall of Troy. –Phaeacian, noun, adjective …
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