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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Beyond this interesting spot came the silk and cloth merchants, then the leather venders, brass and metal workers, and dealers in Egyptian and Sidonian jewelry.
From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Margaret Horton Potter
But instead of entering the Sidonian Harbor, the vessels sheered off and came to anchor in front of the Macedonian camp.
From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. Fuller
Great and Little Sidon, Sarepta, Acre, and other Phœnician towns, surrendered to the invader, the Sidonian monarch fled to Cyprus, and the kings of Arvad and Gebal hastened to pay their court to the conquerer.
From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
Now midmost of the city-walls Æneas doth she lead, And shows him the Sidonian wealth, the city's guarded ways; And now she falls to speech, and now amidst a word she stays.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris
On it were jars of murrha filled with balsam, Sidonian goblets of colored glass, jasper amphoræ, and water-melons from Egypt.
From Mary Magdalen by Edgar Saltus
He married Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, a most masterful and wicked woman.
From Training the Teacher by A. F. Schauffler
It had been built by the Sidonians two hundred and forty years before the temple of Jerusalem.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
It is said of this person, that he first introduced the worship of the serpent: and this so early, that not only the Tyrians and Sidonians, but the Egyptians received it from him.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Jacob Bryant
Hence, with the Hebrews, the Sidonians passed for the oldest Canaanites.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
And, although the land was promised to Israel, yet two tribes, the Jebusites and Sidonians, resisted the attacks of Israel for more than four hundred years after they entered upon their promised possessions.
From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Daniel Wallace Culp
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