Phoenician adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Phoenicia or its inhabitants n 1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C. 2: the extinct language of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the ancient world
Phoenician \Ph[oe]*ni"cian\ (f[-e]*n[i^]sh"an), prop. a. Of or pertaining to Ph[oe]nica. -- prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Ph[oe]nica. [1913 Webster]