Carthage

• Carthago (Latinate)

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.

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

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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 in 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.

• Carthaginian

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.taʒ/

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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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