carthaginian

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage

   BroaderAfrican

   NarrowerHannibalHasdrubal

   Part ofCarthage

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language

   “the Punic Wars”

   “Carthaginian peace”

   SynonymsPunic

Other forms of carthaginian

plural

carthaginians·

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 carthaginian

What does carthaginian mean?

carthaginian means "a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in carthaginian?

carthaginian has 5 syllables: car-tha-gin-i-an. The stress falls on "gin". In IPA it is /ˌkɑɹθəˈdʒɪniən/.

What is another word for carthaginian?

Close synonyms include Punic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carthaginian a common word?

carthaginian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.