Definitions for phoenicians

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phoenicians Phoe·ni·cian

Spelling: [fi-nish-uh n, -nee-shuh n]

IPA: /fɪˈnɪʃ ən, -ˈni ʃən/

Phoenicians is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 819 anagrams from letters in phoenicians (acehiinnops).

Definitions for phoenicians

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
2. the extinct Semitic language of the Phoenicians.

adjective

1. of or relating to Phoenicia, its people, or their language.
2. noting or pertaining to the script used for the writing of Phoenician from the 11th century b.c. or earlier and from which were derived the Greek, Roman, and all other Western alphabets.

Origin of phoenicians

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at Phoenicia, -an

Examples for phoenicians

They have the massive character of all early Phoenician architecture.

Some remains of swords, probably Phoenician, have been found in Sardinia.

The extreme Phoenician city on the south was Japho or Joppa.

We have reached now the limits of Phoenician colonisation towards the West.

There are some grounds for considering Sidon to have been the most ancient of the Phoenician towns.

The name, however, does not occur in the Phoenician remains which have come down to us.

The island of Sardinia has furnished a prodigious number of Phoenician seals.

Phoenician women were greatly devoted to the use of personal ornaments.

He is generally considered to have been of Phoenician origin.

The third of the Phoenician plains, as we proceed from south to north, is that of Tyre.