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Phoenician

Phoenician

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A person from an ancient people who lived on the eastern Mediterranean coast and were known for sailing and trade
  • noun
  • /fəˈniːʃən/
: fenicio
  • The Persian fleet consisted of ships built and manned by the Egyptians, Phoenicians, and the Greeks of Asia Minor.

And what I love about that video is it just does everything, including the Phoenicians, the Central Asian carnates.

Examples

  • Then, keeping close to the mainland, the Persian fleet silently advanced into the narrow Strait, the elite Phoenicians leading the way.

  • She was, she explained, the wife of a Phoenician merchant who had died and left her all alone.

  • And then if you take that Phoenician, it goes, it becomes Hebrew.

  • And what I love about that video is it just does everything, including the Phoenicians, the Central Asian carnates.

    Chris Williamson

  • And in fact, the Phoenicians, really, they're the purple people.

  • This guy who's who's a Phoenician by ethnicity, but he's actually from, you know, a colony.

  • The ancient Phoenician civilization was known for its incredible shipbuilding skills and expansive trade networks.

  • As a Phoenician, she shared stories of her ancestors who were famous for their maritime commerce in the Mediterranean.

  • The artifacts discovered in the archaeological site revealed much about the daily life of the Phoenicians and their trading practices.

Synonyms

Sidonian
vsPhoenician
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A person from the city of Sidon in Lebanon, especially in ancient times

is a member of the wider ancient eastern Mediterranean trading people rather than one city

Compounds

Phoenician language
  • Specialized
1 9.9

An old language once spoken by people of ancient coastal cities in the eastern Mediterranean that is no longer spoken

Surface Forms

Phoenician singular
Phoenicians plural

Morphology

Phoenician = Phoenicia (transparent) = Phoenicia + ian

The ethnonym for a person ('a Phoenician') is the regular nominal use of the place/people name plus '-ian', making the relation clear.

Etymology

Phoenician comes from Greek phoinix meaning 'purple', a name linked to the purple cloth made by these coastal traders. So a Phoenician is a member of that ancient trading people who sailed across the Mediterranean.