text: Phoenicia (Brit. Eng U.S. Eng; Phoenician: ��‏��‏��‏��‏,Kana`an; Hebrew: פיניקיה‎: Kna`an, Greek: Φοινίκη: Phoiníkē, Latin: Phœnicia, Arabic: فينيقيا‎) was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coastal regions of modern day Lebanon, Syria, and the region once called Kingdom of Israel now known as northern Israel.