Phoe|ni|cian

Phoe|ni|cian «fuh NIHSH uhn, -NEE shuhn», adjective, noun.

–adj.

of or having to do with Phoenicia, an ancient kingdom on the eastern Mediterranean, its people, or their language.

–n.

1. one of the people of Phoenicia or of a Phoenician colony: »

The invention of the alphabet by the Phoenicians more than three thousand years ago was one of the greatest single contributions to the cultural development of mankind (New York Times).

2. the extinct Semitic language of Phoenicia.