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Mago

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Gender Masculine
Usage Phoenician (Latinized)
Scripts 饜饜饜(Phoenician)

Meaning & History

From the Punic name 饜饜饜 (Magon) possibly meaning "shield" [1]. This name was borne by three kings of Carthage, and also by a brother of Hannibal Barca.

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Sources & References

  1. Page at https://archive.org/details/richards.tombackacomparativesemiticlexiconzlib.org/page/n185/mode/2up.
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Entry updated December 7, 2022

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