Carthage

American  

[kahr-thij] / ˈkɑr θɪdʒ /

noun

1. an ancient city-state in N Africa, near modern Tunis: founded by the Phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the Punic Wars.

2. a town in central Missouri.

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Carthage British  

/ ˈkɑːθɪdʒ /

noun

1. an ancient city state, on the N African coast near present-day Tunis. Founded about 800 _bc by Phoenician traders, it grew into an empire dominating N Africa and the Mediterranean. Destroyed and then rebuilt by Rome, it was finally razed by the Arabs in 697 _ad See also Punic Wars

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Carthage Cultural  

1. An ancient city in north Africa, established by traders from Phoenicia. Carthage was a commercial and political rival of Rome for much of the third and second centuries b.c. The Carthaginian general Hannibal attempted to capture Rome by moving an army from Spain through the Alps, but he was prevented and finally defeated in his own country. At the end of the Punic Wars, the Romans destroyed Carthage, as the senator Cato had long urged. The character Dido, lover of Aeneas in the Aeneid, was a queen of Carthage.

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Other Word Forms

• Carthaginian adjective
• pseudo-Carthaginian adjective

Example Sentences

Often considered one of the most successful commanders of classical times, Hannibal led his army from the powerful imperial city Carthage, in modern day Tunisia, into Europe as he battled to control the Mediterranean.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Sicily precipitated the eventual collision between Carthage and Rome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The showdown was the seventh time the Super Eagles and the Carthage Eagles had faced each other at an AFCON.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

It said it would expect to retain most of Leggett & Platt’s management team and employees, as well as a significant presence in Carthage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Soon after McCandless returned to Carthage that spring, Westerberg introduced him to his longtime, on-again, off-again girl-friend, Gail Borah, a petite, sad-eyed woman, as slight as a heron, with delicate features and long blond hair.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer