Phoenician
/fɪˈnɪʃɪən/noun
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- a member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Phoenicia and its colonies. The Phoenicians prospered from trade and manufacturing until the capital, Tyre, was sacked by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.腓尼基人（居住于腓尼基及其殖民地的闪族人, 靠贸易和制造业繁荣, 直至首都提尔于公元前332年被亚历山大大帝洗劫）。
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- mass noun the Semitic language of this people, written in an alphabet that was the ancestor of the Greek and Roman alphabets腓尼基语（腓尼基人所用闪族语, 其字母是希腊和罗马字母的雏形）。
adjective
- of or relating to Phoenicia or its colonies, or its people, language, or alphabet（与）腓尼基（有关）的; （与）腓尼基殖民地（有关）的; （与）腓尼基人（有关）的; （与）腓尼基语（有关）的; （与）腓尼基字母（有关）的。