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HAMILCAR

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History

Pronounced: hə-MIL-kahr (English), HAM-il-kahr (English)  [key]

Means "brother of Melqart" from Phoenician ha "brother" combined with the name of the god MELQART. Hamilcar was a 3rd-century BC Carthaginian general, the father of Hannibal.


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