Phoenician

[ fi-nish-uh n, -nee-shuh n ]

/ fɪˈnɪʃ ən, -ˈni ʃən /

noun

a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.

the extinct Semitic language of the Phoenicians.

adjective

of or relating to Phoenicia, its people, or their language.

noting or pertaining to the script used for the writing of Phoenician from the 11th century b.c. or earlier and from which were derived the Greek, Roman, and all other Western alphabets.

Origin of Phoenician

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at Phoenicia, -an

Example sentences from the Web for phoenician

Equally perplexing is the Egyptian style on the Phoenician statue, ib.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various
There were differences, however; the Hebrew definite article, for instance, is not found in the Phoenician texts.

Patriarchal Palestine |Archibald Henry Sayce
The plain of Berytus (Beyrout) is the most contracted of all the Phoenician plains that are at all noticeable.

History of Phoenicia |George Rawlinson
No doubt the Greek mythology is in some particulars tinged with Phoenician conceptions.

Myths and Myth-Makers |John Fiske

He had usurped the throne and was the first important Phoenician king after Hiram (see Phoenicia).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for phoenician

Phoenician

/ (fəˈniːʃən, -ˈnɪʃɪən) /

noun

a member of an ancient Semitic people of NW Syria who dominated the trade of the ancient world in the first millennium bc and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean

the extinct language of this people, belonging to the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family

adjective

of or relating to Phoenicia, the Phoenicians, or their language

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Phoenician

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adjective

Origin of Phoenician

Example sentences from the Web for phoenician

British Dictionary definitions for phoenician

noun

adjective