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    What is the origin of the word Phoenician?

    Question #100475. Asked by author. (Oct 23 08 8:52 PM)


    jaknginger

    		Phoenician alphabet used by the civilization of Phoenicia.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet

    The actual word could mean crimson or purple.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia#Etymology

    Oct 23 08, 8:56 PM
    author

    		This is correct.

    The Phoenician's nickname "Purple People" came from the purple dye they manufactured in Mesopotamia and Mogador.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia

    Oct 23 08, 8:59 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		You know it's funny, they were referred to as "purple" people. In ancient Rome the saying went that purple was the color of royalty, and the Hebrew term for "chosen people" comes from the same root as "purple" ("s'gulah"). It's not entirely impossible that this is the real meaning of the term in Phoenician...

    Oct 24 08, 4:46 AM

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