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.

Derived terms

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