PHOENICIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phoenician mean? 

• PHOENICIAN (noun)
  The noun PHOENICIAN has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: PHOENICIAN used as a noun is rare.

• PHOENICIAN (adjective)
  The adjective PHOENICIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants

  Familiarity information: PHOENICIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHOENICIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Phoenician" is a kind of...):

Semite (a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Phoenician" is a kind of...):

Canaanitic; Canaanitic language (a group of Semitic languages)

Domain region:

Phenicia; Phoenicia (an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Phoenician"):

Punic (the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage)

• PHOENICIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Phoenicia (an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean)