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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM Carthage

Car·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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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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Cultural 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.

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