Meanings
- uncountableThe quality or characteristic of being Phoenician.
[...] the Phoenicianness of this 'Greek' novel.
2003, Leucippe and Clitophon, page xix4 more examples
[...] its "Phoenicianness" relatively unmixed with the surrounding populations.
1983, Afro-Hispanic Review, page 23[...] their Phoenicianness, these colonies were obviously commercial settlements, involved in the trade between Babylonia and Oman and India.
1991, Hellinistic Phoenicia, page 194Moscati (1988) saw Phoenician-ness in their art and architecture, but this observation was mostly based on material postdating the eighth century BC.
2018, Trade and Civilisation, page 224It is interesting that the group most insistent on the Phoenicianness and non-Arabness of Lebanon, and that understands Lebanon as a Christian enclave entrenched in a hostile Arab world, then turns this connection into a potential financial opportunity.
2023, Lorenzo Cañás Bottos, Tanja Plasil, “When Heritage Becomes Horizon: The Acquisition of Extra-Territorial Citizenship among Lebanese in Argentina”, in Nationalités multiples : la mobilité en héritage et comme horizon, →DOISynonyms: Phoenicity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe quality or characteristic of being Phoenician.
Origin
Translations
French phénicité, phénicianité
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Italian fenicità
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Spanish fenicidad
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Cite this entry
Phoenicianness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phoenicianness
“Phoenicianness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phoenicianness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Phoenicianness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Phoenicianness.
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