The Only Use of
Carthage
in
Jane Eyre
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- A strapper — a real strapper, Jane: big, brown, and buxom; with hair just such as the ladies of Carthage must have had.†
p. 253.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(Carthage as in: the ancient city-state) an ancient city-state on the north African coast near modern Tunis; founded by Phoenicians; destroyed and rebuilt by Romans; razed by Arabs in 698 so Crusaders could not use it as a base of operations
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, Carthage can refer to any city with that name including the modern city in Tunisia that includes the site of the ancient city.