/ Dictionary / Index P Phoenician: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Phoe•ni•cian Pronunciation: (fi-nish'un, -nē'shun), [key] — n. a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia. the extinct Semitic language of the Phoenicians. —adj. of or pertaining to Phoenicia, its people, or their language. noting or pertaining to the script used for the writing of Phoenician from the 11th centuryb.c.or earlier and from which were derived the Greek, Roman, and all other Western alphabets. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: phoenician (Thesaurus) Phoenicia phoenix Related Content Daily Word Quiz: fervor Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language