Phoenician
Trader from Tyre
Phoenician refers to the ancient civilization centered in coastal city-states like Tyre and Sidon in what is now Lebanon.
The Phoenicians were renowned seafarers and traders who spread their alphabet—ancestor to Greek, Latin, and most Western scripts—across the Mediterranean.
As an adjective, Phoenician describes their language, culture, or artifacts: Phoenician inscriptions, Phoenician trading routes.
The term also designates their Semitic language, now extinct.
Spiny marine gastropod genus
- dyePigment for changing hues
- royaltyPayment for usage rights
- luxuryExpensive nonessential comfort
- textilesWoven or knit materials
fabric · garments · shellfish · colorfast · expensive · prestige · extraction · vats
Historic Phoenician maritime center
- CarthagePhoenician colony that challenged Rome
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- city-statesSelf-governing urban territories
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
maritime · colonization · Levant · Bronze Age · Iron Age · traders · seafaring · sarcophagus
Of Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- PunicOf ancient Carthage
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
script · Aramaic · extinct · linguistic · dialects · Moabite · tablets
Those who conduct commerce
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- cargoTransported goods
- amphoraeAncient twin-handled storage jars
- emporiumLarge varied retail store
luxury goods · glass · ivory · cedarwood · metals · tin · silver · gold
Written words for performance
- consonantalOf obstructed speech sounds
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
- writingRecorded language on surface
- GreekOf Athenian origin
Hebrew · Aramaic · Proto-Sinaitic · inscription · literacy · transmission · symbols · characters
Oar-powered ancient warships
- triremesThree-banked ancient warships
- sailorsMaritime vessel crew members
- maritimeOf the sea
- seafaringTraveling by ocean vessel
Mediterranean · exploration · shipbuilding · trade routes · ports · harbors · celestial · Pillars of Hercules
murex
Spiny marine gastropod genus
textiles · fabric · garments · shellfish · colorfast · expensive · prestige · extraction · vats · snails
Tyre
Historic Phoenician maritime center
- CarthagePhoenician colony that challenged Rome
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- city-statesSelf-governing urban territories
alphabet · maritime · colonization · Levant · Bronze Age · Iron Age · traders · seafaring · sarcophagus · inscriptions
Semitic
Of Hebrew or Arabic peoples
- PunicOf ancient Carthage
- CanaaniteAncient Levantine people
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
consonants · script · Aramaic · extinct · linguistic · dialects · Moabite · tablets
merchants
Those who conduct commerce
emporium · luxury goods · glass · ivory · cedarwood · metals · tin · silver · gold · textiles
script
Written words for performance
- consonantalOf obstructed speech sounds
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
- writingRecorded language on surface
Greek · Hebrew · Aramaic · Proto-Sinaitic · inscription · literacy · transmission · symbols · characters · ancient
galleys
Oar-powered ancient warships
seafaring · Mediterranean · exploration · shipbuilding · trade routes · ports · harbors · celestial · Pillars of Hercules · Atlantic
- etymologyword origins, word history, word origin, etymon, root words
- writing historyalphabet, cuneiform, hieroglyphics, hieroglyphs, scripts
- Ancient CulturesAztec, Inca, Mayan, Olmec, Minoan
- ancient languagesLatin, Greek, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Aramaic
- ancient scriptsglyphs, cuneiform, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, Sumerian
- ancient writinghieroglyphs, cuneiform, papyrus, scroll, clay tablets
- Phoenician alphabetAncient consonantal writing system