Sidonian

/ (saɪˈdəʊnɪən) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to the ancient Phoenician city of Sidon or its inhabitants

noun
  1. a native or inhabitant of Sidon

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How to use Sidonian in a sentence

  • Here Sennacherib sailed in the great galleys the brown Sidonian shipwrights had made for him.

    The Wind Bloweth | Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
  • Colonies did settle; and science came from the east: but not merely from the Sidonian.

  • Thou hast destroyed thyself and me together, O my sister, and the Sidonian lords and people, and this thy city.

  • This then was the miserable end of Kurri the Sidonian, slain by the sight of the Beauty.

    The World's Desire | H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang
  • Across the bay, on the mainland opposite the great Sidonian harbor, she has a vast sanctuary.

    Istar of Babylon | Margaret Horton Potter