Phoenician

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phoenician \Ph[oe]*ni"cian\ (f[-e]*n[i^]sh"an), prop. a.
     Of or pertaining to Ph[oe]nica. -- prop. n. A native or
     inhabitant of Ph[oe]nica.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Phoenician
       n 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