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Definition of: Phoenician
(fə·nē′shən, -nish′ən) adjective
Of or pertaining to ancient Phoenicia, its people, or its language.
—noun
1. One of the people of ancient Phoenicia or any of its colonies, as Carthage: ethnically belonging to the Canaanite branch of the Semitic peoples.
2. The Northwest Semitic language of these people. Also spelled Phenician.
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