Sidon

[ sahyd-n ]

/ ˈsaɪd n /

noun

a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.

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Si·do·ni·an

[sahy-doh-nee-uh n] /saɪˈdoʊ ni ən/, adjective, noun

Example sentences from the Web for sidonian

Here Sennacherib sailed in the great galleys the brown Sidonian shipwrights had made for him.

The Wind Bloweth |Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Sidonian hewers were put to work,—the most skilful of all known woodmen; and the timbers of Lebanon were supplied in abundance.

The House of the Lord |James E. Talmage
The expedition embarked on two Sidonian ships of the line, which were accompanied by a transport vessel, and set sail from Sidon.

The History of Antiquity |Max Duncker
To be the wife of a Sidonian town-councillor, at the highest,--what a fate!

Young Lives |Richard Le Gallienne

The record of "Judges" is incomplete, and does not enable us even to fix the date of the Sidonian "oppression."

History of Phoenicia |George Rawlinson

British Dictionary definitions for sidonian (1 of 2)

Sidonian

/ (saɪˈdəʊnɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to the ancient Phoenician city of Sidon or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Sidon

British Dictionary definitions for sidonian (2 of 2)

Sidon

/ (ˈsaɪdən) /

noun

the chief city of ancient Phoenicia: founded in the third millennium bc; wealthy through trade and the making of glass and purple dyes; now the Lebanese city of Saïda

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