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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 world
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.
Classified under:
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 inhabitants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Phoenicia (an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean)
