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Carthage

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːθɪdʒ/

The English word “Carthage” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. An ancient empire in North Africa and Southern Europe with its capital at Carthage.
  2. A community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.

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.

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