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Carthago Nova

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Etymology

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From Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, city) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, new) as opposed to the colonists' mother city of Carthage. Doublet of Carthago, Carchedon, and Carthada.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Carthāgō Nova f sg (genitive Carthāginis Novae); third declension

  1. (chiefly historical) Former name of Carthagenna, Cartagena (a city in Spain)

Declension

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Third-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Carthāgō Nova
genitive Carthāginis Novae
dative Carthāginī Novae
accusative Carthāginem Novam
ablative Carthāgine Novā
vocative Carthāgō Nova
locative Carthāginī Novae
Carthāgine Novae

Derived terms

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