Carthage

English

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Carthage

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Alternative forms

• Carthago (Latinate)

Etymology

From Middle French Carthage, from Latin Carthāgō, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as distinguished from the colonists' mother city of Tyre. More at Carthāgō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːθɪdʒ/
• (US) enPR: kärʹthĭj, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹθɪd͡ʒ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Carthage

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Carthage

1. (historical) An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia. [16th cent.]
   • 1594, Christopher Marlowe, The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage
2. (historical) An ancient empire in North Africa and Southern Europe with its capital at Carthage.
3. A community of the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
4. Several places in the United States:
   1. A small town in Dallas County, Arkansas.
   2. A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
   3. A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois.
   4. A small town in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
   5. A small town in Franklin County, Maine.
   6. A city, the county seat of Leake County, Mississippi.
   7. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Missouri.
   8. A village in the town of Wilna, Jefferson County, New York.
   9. A town, the county seat of Moore County, North Carolina.
   10. A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
   11. A tiny city in Miner County, South Dakota.
   12. A town, the county seat of Smith County, Tennessee.
   13. A city, the county seat of Panola County, Texas.

Related terms

• Carthaginian

Translations

ancient city in North Africa

Arabic: قَرْطَاج m (qarṭāj) Aramaic: ܩܪܬܐܓܘ Armenian: Կարթագեն (Kartʻagen) Assamese: কাৰ্থেজ (karthez) Azerbaijani: Karfagen Bambara: Kartaje Basque: Kartago Belarusian: Карфаге́н m (Karfahjén) Breton: Kartago Bulgarian: Картаге́н m (Kartagén) Catalan: Cartago Chinese: Mandarin: 迦太基 (zh) (Jiātàijī) Czech: Kartágo (cs) n Danish: Karthago n Dutch: Carthago (nl) n Esperanto: Kartago Estonian: Kartaago Etruscan: *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza) Finnish: Karthago (fi) French: Carthage (fr) f Old French: Cartage Galician: Cartago (gl) Georgian: კaრთaგენი (ḳartageni) German: Karthago (de) n Greek: Καρχηδόνα (el) f (Karchidóna) Ancient: Καρχηδών f (Karkhēdṓn) Hebrew: קַרְתְּ חַדַשְתְּ (Qārt Ḥadasht), קַרְתָּגוֹ m (qartago) Hindi: कार्थेज m (kārthej) Hungarian: Karthágó (hu) Icelandic: Karþagó (is) Ido: Kartago Indonesian: Kartago Irish: An Chartaig f Italian: Cartagine (it) f Japanese: カルタゴ (Karutago) Korean: 카르타고 (Kareutago) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Kartaca Ladino: Kartago Latin: Carthāgō f, Karthāgō (la) f, Kartāgō f Latvian: Kartāga Lithuanian: Kartagina Low German: German Low German: Karthago Luxembourgish: Karthago Maltese: Kartaġiniżi, Kartaġni f Marathi: कार्थेज n (kārthej) Norwegian: Bokmål: Karthago n, Kartago n Nynorsk: Kartago n, Karthago n Ottoman Turkish: قارطاجه (Qārṭādja), قارتاجه (Kartaca) Persian: کارتاژ (fa) (kârtâž) Polish: Kartagina (pl) f Portuguese: Cartago (pt) m Romanian: Cartagina f Russian: Карфаге́н (ru) m (Karfagén) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Картагина f, Картаго f, Картага f Roman: Kartagina f, Kartago, Kartaga (sh) Sicilian: Cartàggini Slovak: Kartágo Slovene: Kartágina (sl) f Spanish: Cartago (es) f Swahili: Karthago Swedish: Karthago (sv) Tagalog: Kartago Thai: คาร์เธจ (kaatêt) Turkish: Kartaca Ukrainian: Карфаге́н m (Karfahén) Venetan: Cartàxene Welsh: Carthago West Frisian: Kartago

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.taʒ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Carthage f

1. Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)
2. Carthage (an ancient civilisation in North Africa, centred on the city of Carthage)

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