Sidonian
adjective
relating to, coming from, or living in the ancient or present-day city of Sidon.
Sidonian
American
[sahy-dohn-ee-uhn]
/ saɪˈdoʊn i ən /
adjective
noun
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Sidonians
plural
sidonian
British
/ saɪˈdəʊnɪən /
adjective
noun
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The expedition embarked on two Sidonian ships of the line, which were accompanied by a transport vessel, and set sail from Sidon.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
First came the Sidonian Phoenicians, founders of Carthage and Utica probably about 1500 B.C.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
The tears, the "mighty groan," burst forth again as in the tapestry of the Sidonian temple he sees pictured anew the story of Hector's fall.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
The prow of the Sidonian rushed past them.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
Tyre is called by him the city of “two ports,” one being on the north, called the Sidonian, and one on the south, called the Egyptian.
From Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings by Epiphanius Wilson
They go by these names: Hittites, Jebusites, Girgashites, Hivites, people of Arka, Amorites, Sidonians, Phenicians, those in Zemar, Arvadians, Hamathians, and all others dwelling in Zidon.
From Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) by Karl Friedrich May
In passing, I might mention that Canaan was never inconvenienced by the curse of Noah, because he was the Father of seven prosperous nations, foremost among them were the Canaanites, Phoenicians and Sidonians.
From The Black Man, the Father of Civilization Proven by Biblical History by James Morris Webb
From the mining towns that they built in the jungle, surrounded by cyclopean walls and adorned with grotesque stone images, came the stores of gold with which the Sidonians enriched King Solomon.
From Sacrifice by Stephen French Whitman
Hence the legends of the Phenicians carried back the origin of the Sidonians, to whom not only the city of Sidon but also Tyre belonged, to Baal Melkarth.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
He married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and then began to worship the Phœnician god Baal.
From The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman
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