carthage

1. 1.

   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

   Broadercity state

   Part ofPhoenicia

Other forms of carthage

plural

carthages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about carthage

What does carthage mean?

carthage means "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".

How many syllables are in carthage?

carthage has 2 syllables: car-thage. The stress falls on "car". In IPA it is /ˈkɑɹθədʒ/.

Is carthage a common word?

carthage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.