Carthage

Meanings

1. An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia.
2. An ancient empire in North Africa and Southern Europe with its capital at Carthage.
3. A community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
4. Several places in the United States:
5. A small town in Dallas County, Arkansas.
6. A ghost town in Inyo County, California.
7. A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois.
8. A small town in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
9. A small town in Franklin County, Maine.
10. A city, the county seat of Leake County, Mississippi.
11. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Missouri.
12. A village in the town of Wilna, Jefferson County, New York.

Etymology

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.