# Carthage

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑːθɪdʒ/ · frequency rank #26,712

## Definitions
1. An ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia.
2. An ancient empire in North Africa and Southern Europe with its capital at Carthage.
3. A community in the Township of Perth East, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.
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## Etymology
From Middle French Carthage, from Latin Carthāgō, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as distinguished from the colonists' mother city of Tyre. More at Carthāgō.

## Easily confused with
- **cartilage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carthage-vs-cartilage)
- **carnage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnage-vs-carthage)
- **carriage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carriage-vs-carthage)

## Common misspellings (12)
`acrthage`, `carhtage`, `carrthage`, `cartahge`, `carthaeg`, `carthagge`, `carthgae`, `carthhage`, `cartthage`, `catrhage`, `ccarthage`, `crathage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carthage