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HANNIBAL
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized)
,
History
PRONOUNCED:
HAN-i-bəl
(English)
[key]
Meaning & History
Means "grace of Ba'al" from Phoenician
hann
"grace" combined with the name of the god
BA'AL
. Hannibal was the Carthaginian general who threatened Rome during the Second Punic War in the 3rd century BC.
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OTHER LANGUAGES:
Annibale
(Italian)
,
Aníbal
(Portuguese)
,
Aníbal
(Spanish)
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