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Noun: Phoenician  fu'nee-shun or fu'ni-shun
  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
    - Phoenician language
Adjective: Phoenician  fu'nee-shun or fu'ni-shun
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants
    "The Phoenician alphabet was an important development in the history of writing"

Derived forms: Phoenicians

Type of: Canaanitic, Canaanitic language, Semite

Encyclopedia: Phoenician