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nouna member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.type of:
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nounthe extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient worldtype of:
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of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants
Definition that contains phoenician
- tyre a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
- sur a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks
- moloch god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
- ishtar Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
- tripoli the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC
- carthage an ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
- punic the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage
- astarte an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar
- mylitta Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
- ashtoreth an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar