Phoenician

See also: Phœnician

English

Alternative forms

• Phœnician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəˈniːʃən/
• Rhymes: -iːʃən

Adjective

Phoenician (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.

Translations

of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia

• Arabic: فِينِيقِيّ (fīnīqiyy)
• Armenian: փյունիկական (hy) (pʻyunikakan), փյունիկյան (hy) (pʻyunikyan)
• Basque: feniziar
• Catalan: fenici (ca)
• Czech: fénický
• Dutch: Fenicisch (nl)
• Finnish: foinikialainen (fi)
• German: phönizisch (de)
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍅𐌽𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (fwnikisks)
• Hungarian: föníciai
• Irish: Féiníceach
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• Italian: fenicio (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fønikisk

  Nynorsk: fønikisk

• Polish: fenicki (pl)
• Portuguese: fenício (pt)
• Romanian: fenician (ro) m
• Russian: финики́йский (ru) (finikíjskij)
• Spanish: fenicio (es)
• Swedish: fenicisk
• Turkish: Fenikeli (tr)

Proper noun

Phoenician

1. The Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia.

Translations

Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia

• Armenian: փյունիկերեն (hy) (pʻyunikeren)
• Basque: feniziera (eu)
• Catalan: fenici (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腓尼基語／腓尼基语, 腓尼基语 (féiníjīyǔ)

• Czech: féničtina (cs) f
• Dutch: Fenicisch (nl) n
• Finnish: foinikia (fi), foinikian kieli
• German: Phönizisch n
• Greek: Φοίνικας (el) m (Foínikas)
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• Hebrew: פיניקית f (fīnīqīt)
• Hungarian: föníciai
• Irish: Féinícis f
• Polish: fenicki (pl) m
• Portuguese: fenício (pt) m
• Romanian: feniciană (ro) f
• Russian: финики́йский (ru) m (finikíjskij) (язы́к)
• Spanish: fenicio (es) m
• Swedish: feniciska (sv) c, puniska c
• Turkish: Fenikece (tr)

Noun

Phoenician (plural Phoenicians)

1. (historical) An inhabitant of Phoenicia (a country located on the shores of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Sea around the year 1000 BCE).
2. An inhabitant of Phoenix, Arizona.
   • 2007 28 July–3 August, "Phoenix: Into the ashes: A city that once won prizes is now a crime-ridden mess", in The Economist, The Economist Newspaper Ltd, ISSN 0013-0613, volume 384, number 8539, page 33,

     Locals also moan that Phoenicians are becoming more antisocial.

Related terms

• Punic

Translations

inhabitant of Phoenicia

• Armenian: փյունիկեցի (pʻyunikecʻi)
• Catalan: fenici (ca) m, fenícia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腓尼基人 (féiníjīrén)

• Czech: Féničan m
• Dutch: Feniciër (nl) m, Phoeniciër m
• Finnish: foinikialainen (fi)
• French: Phénicien (fr)
• German: Phönizier (de) m, Phönizierin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: Φοῖνιξ m (Phoînix), Φοίνισσα f (Phoínissa)

• Hungarian: föníciai
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• Irish: Féiníceach m
• Japanese: フェニキア人 (Fenikiajin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: føniker m

  Nynorsk: fønikar m

• Polish: Fenicjanin (pl) m, Fenicjanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fenício (pt) m
• Romanian: fenician (ro) m, feniciană (ro) f
• Russian: финики́ец (ru) m (finikíjec), финики́йка (ru) f (finikíjka), финикия́нин (ru) m (finikijánin), финикия́нка (ru) f (finikijánka)
• Spanish: fenicio (es) m
• Turkish: Fenikeli (tr)

See also

• Phoenicianism
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Phoenician terms and Phoenician script

Wikipedia articles:

• The ancient civilisation of Phoenicia, and its empire
• The Phoenician languages
• The Phoenician alphabet

Further reading

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