"The realm thou see'st is Punic; Tyrians are / the folk, the town Agenor's. Round them lie / the Libyan plains, a people rough in war."
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Punic
//ˈpjuːnɪk//
Synonyms for "punic" (55 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Adjective(9 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (27)
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بُونِي adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вероломен adj (treacherous)
- картагенски adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
Czech
2 entries- punský adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
- Kartáginec noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Danish
3 entries- punisk adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
- punisk name (language of Carthage)
- puner noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Dutch
4 entries- Punisch adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
- Punisch name (language of Carthage)
- Carthager noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
- Puniër noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Finnish
3 entries- petollinen adj (treacherous)
- puuni name (language of Carthage)
- puunin kieli name (language of Carthage)
French
2 entries- punique adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
- punique name (language of Carthage)
Galician
1 entries- púnico name (language of Carthage)
Hungarian
3 entries- pun adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
- pun name (language of Carthage)
- pun noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Irish
1 entries- Púnais name (language of Carthage)
Italian
1 entries- punico name (language of Carthage)
Latin
1 entries- lingua punica name (language of Carthage)
Marathi
3 entries- प्यूनिक adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
- प्यूनिक name (language of Carthage)
- प्यूनिक noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Portuguese
4 entries- púnico adj (of or relating to ancient Carthage)
- púnico adj (treacherous)
- traiçoeiro adj (treacherous)
- cartaginês name (language of Carthage)
Spanish
2 entries- cartaginés name (language of Carthage)
- púnico name (language of Carthage)
Turkish
3 entries- Pönce name (language of Carthage)
- Kartacalı noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
- Pön noun (native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
"Who knows not Troy, th' AEneian house of fame, / the deeds and doers, and the war's renown / that fired the world? Not hearts so dull and tame / have Punic folk; not so is Phoebus known / to turn his back upon our Tyrian town."
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Punic is very similar to Hebrew.
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Tom is writing an alternative history where the Carthaginians won the Punic Wars.
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