English Explanatory Dictionary

Cannae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in the Apulia region of south east Italy, known as the site of a battle in 216 B.C. in which the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans

Pronunciation

/ˈkæniː/

Word forms

Cannae

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cannae.

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