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Adjective: Phoenician  fi'nishun
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants
Noun: Phoenician  fi'nishun
  1. A member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.
     
  2. The extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world

Derived forms: Phoenicians

See also: Phoenicia

Type of: Canaanitic, Canaanitic language, Semite

Encyclopedia: Phoenician