Sidonian
adjective
relating to, coming from, or living in the ancient or present-day city of Sidon.
Sidonians
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pluralof Sidonian.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From this god the tribe of the Sidonians, as it seems, pretended to have sprung.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
All watering-places you claim to be Queen of, As proud as the Tyrians or the Sidonians?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 18, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
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
Hence, with the Hebrews, the Sidonians passed for the oldest Canaanites.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
The Philistines worshipped Astarte; for the Sidonians, the "great Astarte" was the goddess of their city.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
