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Phoenician
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Phœnician
English
Alternative forms
en Phœnician archaic
Etymology
Attested as a noun in en enm - as enm phenicienes (only plural); from en grc Φοῖνιξ Phoenician.
Pronunciation
en /fəˈnɪʃ(ə)n/ /fəˈniːʃ(ə)n/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-Phoenician.wav Southern England
en /fəˈniːʃən/ US
en iːʃən ɪʃən 3
Adjective
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Of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.
en 1961 Harry E. Wedeck Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs The Citadel Press New York 149 The term phallus is reputedly of Phoenician origin.
Derived terms
en Phoenicianism Phoenicianist Phoenicianness Syrophoenician
Translations
of, from, or related to the country or civilization of Phoenicia
Albanian: sq Finikas m
Arabic: ar فِينِيقِيّ
Armenian: hy փյունիկական, hy փյունիկյան
Basque: eu feniziar
Belarusian: be фінікі́йскі
Bulgarian: bg финики́йски
Catalan: ca fenici
Czech: cs fénický
Danish: da fønikisk
Dutch: nl Fenicisch
Esperanto: eo fenicio
Farefare: gur Feniko
Finnish: fi foinikialainen
French: fr phénicien
German: de phönizisch
Gothic: got 𐍆𐍅𐌽𐌹𐌺𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃
Haitian Creole: ht fenisyen
Hungarian: hu föníciai
Irish: ga Féiníceach
Italian: it fenicio
Latin: la Phoenīcius
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb fønikisk
Nynorsk: nn fønikisk
Persian: fa فنیقی feniqi
Polish: pl fenicki
Portuguese: pt fenício
Romanian: ro fenician m
Russian: ru финики́йский
Spanish: es fenicio
Swedish: sv fenicisk
Tajik: tg финиқӣ
Turkish: tr Fenikeli
Ukrainian: uk фінікі́йський
Noun
en historical An inhabitant of Phoenicia (a country located on the shores of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Sea around the year 1000 BCE).
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.
Translations
inhabitant of Phoenicia
Arabic: ar فِينِيقِيّ m, ar فِينِيقِيَّة f
Armenian: hy փյունիկեցի
Belarusian: be фінікі́ец m, be фінікі́йка f
Bulgarian: bg финики́ец m, bg финики́йка m
Catalan: ca fenici m, ca fenícia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 腓尼基人 féiníjīrén
Czech: cs Féničan m
Dutch: nl Feniciër m, nl Phoeniciër m
Farefare: gur fenika c3 c4
Finnish: fi foinikialainen
French: fr Phénicien m, fr Phénicienne f
Middle French: frm Phœnice Phoenīx m, frm Phœnicien m, frm Phœnicienne f
German: de Phönizier m, de Phönizierin f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Φοῖνιξ m, grc Φοίνισσα f
Hungarian: hu föníciai
Irish: ga Féiníceach m
Japanese: ja フェニキア人 Fenikiajin
Latin: la Phoenīx m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb føniker m
Nynorsk: nn fønikar m
Persian: fa فنیقی feniqi
Polish: pl Fenicjanin m, pl Fenicjanka f
Portuguese: pt fenício m
Romanian: ro fenician m, ro feniciană f
Russian: ru финики́ец m, ru финики́йка f, ru финикия́нин m, ru финикия́нка f
Spanish: es fenicio m
Tajik: tg финиқӣ
Turkish: tr Fenikeli
Ukrainian: uk фінікі́єць m, uk фінікі́йка f, uk фінікі́я́нин m, uk фінікі́я́нка f
Proper noun
+ language
The now extinct Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia.
Translations
Semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of Phoenicia
Arabic: ar اللُّغَة الْفِينِيقِيَّة f al-luḡa l-fīnīqiyya, ar الْفِينِيقِيَّة f
Armenian: hy փյունիկերեն
Basque: eu feniziera
Bulgarian: bg финики́йски m
Catalan: ca fenici m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 腓尼基語 féiníjīyǔ
Czech: cs féničtina f
Dutch: nl Fenicisch n
Farefare: gur fenikre
Finnish: fi foinikia, fi foinikian kieli
French: fr phénicien m
German: de Phönizisch n
Greek: el Φοίνικας m, el φοινικικά n-p
Hebrew: he פיניקית f finíkit
Hungarian: hu föníciai
Irish: ga Féinícis f
Persian: fa زبان فنیقی zabân-e feniqi, fa فنیقی feniqi
Phoenician: phn 𐤔𐤐𐤕𐤟𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 śpt knʿn
Polish: pl język fenicki m
Portuguese: pt fenício m
Romanian: ro feniciană f
Russian: ru финики́йский m язы́к
Spanish: es fenicio m
Swedish: sv feniciska c, sv puniska c
Tajik: tg забони финиқӣ, tg финиқӣ
Turkish: tr Fenikece
Ukrainian: uk фінікі́йська мо́ва f
Related terms
en Punic
See also
phn and Phoenician script
Wikipedia articles:
The ancient civilisation of Phoenicia, and its empire
The Phoenician languages
The Phoenician alphabet
References
Further reading
1 phn
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