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Carthage

ancient Semitic city of North Africa, rival or republican Rome, from Latin Carthago, from Phoenician quart khadash "new town." Related: Carthaginian.

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Definitions of Carthage from WordNet

Carthage (n.)
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;
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