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PHOENICIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

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)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitantsplay

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

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