phoenician
IPA: fʌnˈiʃʌn
Root Word: Phoenician
noun
- The Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia.
- (historical) An inhabitant of Phoenicia (a country located on the shores of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Sea around the year 1000 BCE).
- An inhabitant of Phoenix, Arizona.
adjective
- Of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.
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Examples of "phoenician" in Sentences
- Phoenician alphabet then the table.
- Phoenician colonization and influence.
- Restructuring of the Phoenician abjad.
- These are supposed to be of Phoenician origin.
- No phoenician sites in the surroundings, sorry.
- Liby Phoenicians seems a more euphonious alternative.
- Melqart is the son of El in the Phoenician triad of worship.
- The area had mercantile relationship with Phoenicians and the Romans.
- Syrophenician refers to a Gentile born in the Phoenician part of Syria.
- Only traces of the necropolis remain from the Phoenician age in Palermo.
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