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Proto-Canaanite

Proto-Canaanite proper noun: the Proto-Sinaitic script, when found in Canaan.

Proper noun

Proto-Canaanite

  1. The Proto-Sinaitic script, when found in Canaan.
    • Although the Proto-Canaanite script was eventually to dominate in Syria-Palestine, there was a local rival that flourished for several centuries and this has come to be known as Ugaritic.2001, The Ancient Aramaic Heritage, page 30
    • The Ugaritic alphabet signs also follow the same order as those letters it shares with the Proto-Canaanite alphabet.2016, William H. Stiebing Jr., chapter 7, in Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture, page 188

Origin of Proto-Canaanite

From proto- + Canaanite.

Phrases with Proto-Canaanite

Questions about Proto-Canaanite

What does Proto-Canaanite mean?
Proto-Canaanite means the Proto-Sinaitic script, when found in Canaan.
What part of speech is Proto-Canaanite?
Proto-Canaanite is a proper noun.

Words near Proto-Canaanite in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Berber
  2. proto-Britain
  3. Proto-Brythonic
  4. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
  5. proto-calcium
  6. Proto-Canaanite
  7. Proto-Canaanite alphabet
  8. Proto-Celtic
  9. Proto-Central Algonquian
  10. Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian
  11. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

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