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CARTHAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient city state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 697
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city-state; city state (a state consisting of a sovereign city)
Meronyms (members of "Carthage"):
Carthaginian (a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Holonyms ("Carthage" is a part of...):
Phenicia; Phoenicia (an ancient maritime country (a collection of city states) at eastern end of the Mediterranean)
Derivation:
Carthaginian (of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language)
