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Etymology
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First attested in the 16th century (Christopher Marlowe, Dido, Queen of Carthage), from Middle French Carthage, from Latin Carthāgō, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, literally “new city”), maybe via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza). More at Carthāgō.
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Carthage
- An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia.
- An ancient civilization in North Africa, centred on the city of Carthage.
- A community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
- Several places in the United States:
- A small town in Dallas County, Arkansas.
- A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
- A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois.
- A small town in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
- A small town in Franklin County, Maine.
- A city, the county seat of Leake County, Mississippi.
- A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Missouri.
- A village in the town of Wilna, Jefferson County, New York.
- A town, the county seat of Moore County, North Carolina.
- A neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
- A tiny city in Miner County, South Dakota.
- A town, the county seat of Smith County, Tennessee.
- A city, the county seat of Panola County, Texas.
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ancient city in North Africa
- Arabic: قَرْطَاج m (qarṭāj)
- Aramaic: ܩܪܬܐܓܘ
- Armenian: Կարթագեն (Kartʿagen)
- 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
- 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
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