Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


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

Derived forms: Phoenicians

Type of: Canaanitic, Canaanitic language, Semite

Encyclopedia: Phoenician