Carthage

[ kahr-thij ]

/ ˈkɑr θɪdʒ /

noun

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.

a town in central Missouri.

Related formsCar·tha·gin·i·an

[kahr-thuh-jin-ee-uh n] /ˌkɑr θəˈdʒɪn i ən/, adjective, nounpseu·do-Car·tha·gin·i·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for carthaginian

His great-grandfather was the Cato of "Carthago delenda est," the driver of the third Carthaginian war.
Who Was the Real Cato?|David Frum|December 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Hannibal has been living like a voluptuous Carthaginian prince.
The Newcomes|William Makepeace Thackeray
An earlier explorer than Pytheas was Himilco, the Carthaginian.
Ancient Man in Britain|Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie
He is mentioned in a Carthaginian inscription as one of a board of three, perhaps an agricultural commission.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6|Various

No: every man exclaims That neither faith nor honour should be kept With Carthaginian perfidy and fraud.
The Inflexible Captive|Hannah More
With these was sent Carthalo, a noble Carthaginian, who might propose terms, if perchance their minds were inclined towards peace.
The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six|Titus Livius

British Dictionary definitions for carthaginian (1 of 2)

Carthaginian

/ (ˌkɑːθəˈdʒɪnɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Carthage

British Dictionary definitions for carthaginian (2 of 2)

Carthage

/ (ˈkɑːθɪdʒ) /

noun

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 adSee also Punic Wars

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Culture definitions for carthaginian

Carthage

[ (kahr-thij) ]

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.