PUNIC

PRONUNCIATION: (PYOO-nik)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to Carthage.
2. Treacherous, faithless.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin Punicus (Carthaginian), from Greek Phoinix (Phoenician). Carthage was founded as a Phoenician colony, in present-day Tunisia. Earliest documented use: 1590.
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