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Definition of Phocas

Phoca
Phoca Pho"ca, n. [L., a seal, fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of seals. It includes the common harbor seal and allied species. See Seal.

Meaning of Phocas from wikipedia

- rebelled in 602, Phocas emerged as the leader of the mutiny. The revolt led to the overthrow of Maurice on 22 November 602, with Phocas being declared emperor...
- Phoca (/ˈfoʊkə/ FOH-kə) is a genus of the earless seals, within the family Phocidae. It now contains just two species, the common seal (or harbour seal)...
- Phocas or Phokas (from Gr****: Φωκάς) may refer to: Saint Phocas, Bishop of Sinope Saint Phocas, a 4th-century Christian martyr Flavius Phocas, Byzantine...
- Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener (Gr****: Φωκᾶς), is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His life...
- The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the...
- Nikēphóros Phōkãs; c. 912 – 11 December 969), Latinized Nicephorus II Phocas, was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969. His career, not uniformly successful...
- 2009, +00464 René Seindal, "The Column of Phocas" Encyclopaedia Romana "Column of Phocas" The Column of Phocas, a novel by Sean Gabb. Christian Hülsen,...
- the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus...
- Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpo****r emperor Phocas. Heraclius's reign was marked by several military campaigns. The year Heraclius...
- against the Byzantine emperor Phocas in 608. In October 610, Heraclius the Younger reached Constantinople, executed Phocas, and was proclaimed as emperor...