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Phoenician

DEFINITIONS OF: Phoenician

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adj of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants

n a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.

Type of:
Semite
a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa

n the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world

Types:
Punic
the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage
Type of:
Canaanitic, Canaanitic language
a group of Semitic languages
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