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phoenician
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun phoenician has 2 senses
- phoenician(n = noun.person) Array - a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.; Array is a kind of semite
- phoenician(n = noun.communication) Array - the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world; Array is a kind of canaanitic, canaanitic language
has particulars: punic
Adjective phoenician has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
phoenician, n. & adj.
--n. a member of a Semitic people of ancient Phoenicia in S. Syria or of its colonies.
--adj. of or relating to Phoenicia.
--n. a member of a Semitic people of ancient Phoenicia in S. Syria or of its colonies.
--adj. of or relating to Phoenicia.
Etymology
ME f. OF phenicien f. L Phoenicia f. L Phoenice f. Gk Phoinike Phoenicia
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