phoenician

Speech parts

1. phoenician - Noun

2. phoenician - Adjective

3. Phoenician - Proper noun

Meaning

Of or pertaining to Phoenica.

A native or inhabitant of Phoenica.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

carthaginian canaanite german greek russian hebrew persian egyptian assyrian babylonian israelite roman arabic latin english
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Hypernyms

semite Canaanitic Canaanitic language

Hyponyms

punic

Related terms

punic

Phrases with the word

phoenician city phoenician port phoenician heritage the phoenician women Phoenician-speaking

Examples

Like sensible people throughout history, the average Phoenician wanted as little to do with his government as possible. Poul Anderson

Although they are now an Arabic-speaking people and ethnically homogeneous, its identity oversees overlapping or conflicting ideologies between its Phoenician heritage and Arab heritage. Source: Internet

Archaic writing often preserves the Phoenician form with a vertical stem extending slightly below the lowest horizontal bar. Source: Internet

Ancient Carthage was an informal hegemony of Phoenician city-states throughout North Africa and modern Spain from 575 BC until 146 BC. Source: Internet

Canaanite and Phoenician views of Heaven : main Almost nothing is known of Bronze Age (pre-1200 BC) Canaanite views of Heaven, and the archeological findings at Ugarit (destroyed c. 1200 BC) have not provided information. Source: Internet

Another advantage of Phoenician was that it could be used to write down many different languages, since it recorded words phonemically. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Phoebus Apollo Phoeby Phoenicia phoenician city phoenician heritage phoenician port