Phoenician vs Cadmus - What's the difference?
phoenician | cadmus |
Of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of Phoenicia.
(historical) An inhabitant of Phoenicia (a country located on the shores of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean Sea around the year 1000 BCE).
An inhabitant of Phoenix, Arizona.
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(Greek mythology) A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
As proper nouns the difference between phoenician and cadmus
is that phoenician is the semitic language spoken by the inhabitants of phoenicia while cadmus is (greek mythology) a phoenician prince, son of king agenor of tyre was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister europa after being abducted from phoenicia by zeus credited with founding greek city of thebes and inventing greek alphabet.As an adjective phoenician
is of, from, or related to the country or civilisation of phoenicia.As a noun phoenician
is (historical) an inhabitant of phoenicia (a country located on the shores of north africa and the eastern mediterranean sea around the year 1000 bce).phoenician
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(en noun)- Locals also moan that Phoenicians are becoming more antisocial.
