carthage
/ˈkɑɹθɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia.
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An ancient empire in North Africa and Southern Europe with its capital at Carthage.
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A community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
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Several places in the United States:
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Several places in the United States:
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Several places in the United States:
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Several places in the United States:
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Example Sentences
- "1594, Christopher Marlowe, The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage"
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Carthage, Carthāgō, 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑɹθɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈkɑːθɪdʒ/
Inflected Forms
Carthago (alternative, Latinate)