Home › Words › P › phocaeanphocaean/fəʊˈsiːən/phocaean means of or pertaining to Phocaea or its inhabitants.phocaean is pronounced /fəʊˈsiːən/.EtymologyFrom Latin Phocaeus + -an or Phocaea + -n.adjOf or pertaining to Phocaea or its inhabitants.nounAn inhabitant of Phocaea.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).