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Phoenician

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Phoe·ni·cian  (f-nshn, -nshn)
adj.
Of or relating to ancient Phoenicia or its people, language, or culture.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Phoenicia.
2. The Semitic language of ancient Phoenicia.
Phoenician [fəˈniːʃən -ˈnɪʃɪən]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) 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
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the extinct language of this people, belonging to the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family
adj
(Historical Terms) of or relating to Phoenicia, the Phoenicians, or their language
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Phoenician - a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.Phoenician - a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.
Semite - a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa
2.Phoenician - the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world
Canaanitic, Canaanitic language - a group of Semitic languages
Punic - the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage
Phenicia, Phoenicia - an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean
Adj.1.Phoenician - of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants
Translations
Phoenician [fɪˈnɪʃɪən]
A. ADJ → fenicio
B. N → fenicio/a m/f
Phoenician
adj → phönizisch
n → Phönizier(in) m(f)
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`The arch of the doorway was richly carved, but naturally I did not observe the carving very narrowly, though I fancied I saw suggestions of old Phoenician decorations as I passed through, and it struck me that they were very badly broken and weather- worn.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
I was, I remember, listening open-eared to all these wonders, for I was young at the time, and this story of an ancient civilisation and of the treasures which those old Jewish or Phoenician adventurers used to extract from a country long since lapsed into the darkest barbarism took a great hold upon my imagination, when suddenly he said to me, 'Lad, did you ever hear of the Suliman Mountains up to the north-west of the Mushakulumbwe country?
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
Nothing new, I replied; only an old Phoenician tale of what has often occurred before now in other places, (as the poets say, and have made the world believe,) though not in our time, and I do not know whether such an event could ever happen again, or could now even be made probable, if it did.
The Republic by Plato View in context
 
 
 
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