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Car⋅thage
[kahr-thij] 
–noun
| 1. | an ancient city-state in N Africa, near modern Tunis: founded by the Phoenicians in the middle of the 9th century b.c.; destroyed in 146 b.c. in the last of the Punic Wars. |
| 2. | a town in central Missouri. 11,104. |
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Car⋅tha⋅gin⋅i⋅an [kahr-thuh-jin-ee-uh
n] , adjective, noun
[kahr-thuh-jin-ee-uhn] , adjective, noun
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| Car·thage (kär'thĭj) An ancient city and state of northern Africa on the Bay of Tunis northeast of modern Tunis. It was founded by the Phoenicians in the ninth century B.C. and became the center of Carthaginian power in the Mediterranean after the sixth century B.C. The city was destroyed by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War (146 B.C.) but was rebuilt by Julius Caesar and later (A.D. 439-533) served as capital of the Vandals before its virtual annihilation by the Arabs (698). Car'tha·gin'i·an (kär'thə-jĭn'ē-ən) adj. & n. |
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Carthaginian
Car`tha*gin"i*an\, a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
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