Carthage

English

Alternative forms

• Carthago (Latinate)

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.

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

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.

Related terms

• Carthaginian

Translations

ancient city in North Africa

• Arabic: قَرْطَاج m (qarṭāj)
• Aramaic: ܩܪܬܐܓܘ
• Armenian: Կարթագեն (Kartʻagen)
• Assamese: কাৰ্থেজ (karthez)
• Azerbaijani: Karfagen
• Bambara: Kartaje
• Basque: Kartago
• Belarusian: Карфаге́н m (Karfahjén)
• Breton: Kartago
• Bulgarian: Картаге́н m (Kartagén)
• Catalan: Cartago
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迦太基 (zh) (Jiātàijī)

• Czech: Kartágo (cs) n
• Danish: Karthago n
• Dutch: Carthago (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kartago
• Estonian: Kartaago
• Etruscan: *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza)
• Finnish: Karthago (fi)
• French: Carthage (fr) f

  Old French: Cartage

• Galician: Cartago (gl)
• Georgian: კaრთaგენი (ḳartageni)
• German: Karthago (de) n
• Greek: Καρχηδόνα (el) f (Karchidóna)

  Ancient: Καρχηδών f (Karkhēdṓn)

• Hebrew: קַרְתְּ חַדַשְתְּ (Qārt Ḥadasht), קַרְתָּגוֹ m (qartago)
• Hindi: कार्थेज m (kārthej)
• Hungarian: Karthágó (hu)
• Icelandic: Karþagó (is)
• Ido: Kartago
• Indonesian: Kartago
• Irish: An Chartaig f
• Italian: Cartagine (it) f
• Japanese: カルタゴ (Karutago)
• Korean: 카르타고 (Kareutago)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kartaca

• Ladino: Kartago
• Latin: Carthāgō f, Karthāgō (la) f, Kartāgō f
• Latvian: Kartāga
• Lithuanian: Kartagina
• Low German:

  German Low German: Karthago

• Luxembourgish: Karthago
• Maltese: Kartaġiniżi, Kartaġni f
• Marathi: कार्थेज n (kārthej)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Karthago n, Kartago n

  Nynorsk: Kartago n, Karthago n

• Ottoman Turkish: قارطاجه (Qārṭādja), قارتاجە (Kartaca)
• Persian: کارتاژ (fa) (kârtâž)
• Polish: Kartagina (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cartago (pt) m
• Romanian: Cartagina f
• Russian: Карфаге́н (ru) m (Karfagén)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Картагина f, Картаго f, Картага f

  Roman: Kartagina f, Kartago, Kartaga (sh)

• Sicilian: Cartàggini
• Slovak: Kartágo
• Slovene: Kartágina (sl) f
• Spanish: Cartago (es) f
• Swahili: Karthago
• Swedish: Karthago (sv)
• Tagalog: Kartago
• Thai: คาร์เธจ (kaatêt)
• Turkish: Kartaca
• Ukrainian: Карфаге́н m (Karfahén)
• Venetian: Cartàxene
• Welsh: Carthago
• West Frisian: Kartago

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.taʒ/

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Proper noun

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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