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Where does “Cartagena” come from?

Cartagena (Spanish) comes from Latin Carthago Nova, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕, from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕.

Ancestry of “Cartagena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCarthago NovaNew Carthage
2Phoenician𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕—
3Phoenician𐤒𐤓𐤕—

Words derived from “Cartagena”

  • Cartagena
  • Cartagenan
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