Carthage

Meaning

1. A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
2. An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia.
3. An ancient empire in North Africa and Southern Europe with its capital at Carthage.
4. A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois.
5. A community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
6. A small town in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
7. Several places in the United States:
8. A small town in Dallas County, Arkansas.

Etymology / origin

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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