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Of , or a person from . was an ancient city on the north coast of Africa, near today’s . It fought three wars against Rome and was destroyed in 146 BC. So a Carthaginian ship, a Carthaginian army, or Hannibal the Carthaginian all belong to that city and that time. As a noun, a Carthaginian is a person who lived there. You will see this word in history; it does not mean someone from modern , even though the place is nearby. Like Canadian from Canada, the ending -ian means “belonging to that place.”
迦太基的;迦太基人
組成From Latin carthāginiānus: Carthāgō (Carthage) + -iānus (belonging to). English -ian works the same way.
同家族的字
- Carthagethe city this word is built from
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Carthaginianadj/ˌkɑɹθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/
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Of or pertaining to Carthage.
Carthaginiannoun/ˌkɑɹθəˈd͡ʒɪniən/
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A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。