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Carthago

Pronunciation: [karˈtʰaː.ɡoː]

“Carthago” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

  1. Carthage (an ancient city-state and former empire centered on modern Tunisia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”), as opposed to the colonists' mother city of Tyre. Compare Hebrew קֶרֶת (qereṯ, “city”), קִרְיָה (qiryāh), חָדָשׁ (ḥāḏāš, “new”), Aramaic קַרְתָּא (qartā, “city”), חֲדַתָּא (ḥəḏattā, “new”), Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya, “village”), and Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “new”).…

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