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Phoenician

 
Dictionary: Phoe·ni·cian   (fĭ-nĭsh'ən, -nē'shən) pronunciation
adj.
Of or relating to ancient Phoenicia or its people, language, or culture.

n.
  1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Phoenicia.
  2. The Semitic language of ancient Phoenicia.

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One of a people of ancient Phoenicia. They were merchants, traders, and colonizers who probably arrived from the Persian Gulf c. 3000 BC. By the 2nd millennium BC they had colonies in the Levant, North Africa, Anatolia, and Cyprus. They traded wood, cloth, dyes, embroideries, wine, and decorative objects; ivory and wood carving became their specialties, and the work of Phoenician goldsmiths and metalsmiths was well known. Their alphabet became the basis of the Greek alphabet.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.

Meaning #2: the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - føniker
adj. - fønikisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Fenicisch, Feniciër

Français (French)
n. - Phénicien
adj. - phénicien

Deutsch (German)
n. - Phönizier, Phöniker
adj. - phönizisch, phönikisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (εθνολ.) Φοίνιξ, Φοίνικας
adj. - φοινικικός

Italiano (Italian)
fenicio

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - fenício

Русский (Russian)
финикиец, финикийский

Español (Spanish)
n. - fenicio
adj. - fenicio, de Fenicia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fenicier
adj. - fenicisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
腓尼基人, 腓尼基的, 腓尼基人的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 腓尼基人
adj. - 腓尼基的, 腓尼基人的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 페니키아 사람, 페니키아 말
adj. - 페니키아(사람)의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - フェニキアの, フェニキア人の, フェニキア語の
n. - フェニキア語, フェニキア人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الفينيقي : احد أبناء فينيقيه, اللغه الفينيقيه (صفه) فينيقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פיניקי, כנענית או פיניקית (שפה)‬
adj. - ‮פיניקי, של פיניקיה, של צור/צידון‬


 
 

 

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