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Hannibal

/ˈhænɪbəl/

Hannibal proper noun: a male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.

Proper noun

Hannibal (countable and uncountable, plural Hannibals)

  1. A male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.
  2. A city in Marion County and Ralls County, Missouri.
    • Hannibal, as a city, may have many sins to answer for, but ingratitude is not one of them, or reverence for the great men she has produced, and as the years go by her greatest son, Mark Twain, or S. L. Clemens as a few of the unlettered call him, grows in the estimation and regard of the residents...1909, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], quoting Courier-Post, “Is Shakespeare Dead?”, in What Is Man? And Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published May 1917...
  3. A town and village therein, in Oswego County, New York.
  4. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ohio Township, Monroe County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in the town of Cleveland, Taylor County, Wisconsin.

Hannibal meaning in Odia, Arabic and Persian

Hannibal in Odia

name
ହାନିବାଲ hānibāla

Hannibal in Arabic

name
حَنَّبَعْل ḥannabaʕl

Hannibal in Persian

name
حنیبعل hanniba'l, هانیبال hāznibāl

Forms of Hannibal

pluralHannibals

Origin of Hannibal

From Latin Hannibal, a rendering of Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /⁠ḥannībaʿl⁠/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).

Words formed from Hannibal

Phrases with Hannibal

Questions about Hannibal

What does Hannibal mean?
Hannibal means a male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal, son of Hamilcar.
What is Hannibal in Odia?
Hannibal in Odia is ହାନିବାଲ (hānibāla). See Hannibal meaning in Odia.
What part of speech is Hannibal?
Hannibal is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hannibal?
Hannibal is pronounced /ˈhænɪbəl/.

Words near Hannibal in the dictionary

  1. Hannerses
  2. Hanness
  3. Hanney
  4. Hanneys
  5. Hanni
  6. Hannibal
  7. Hannibal Lecter mask
  8. Hannibal Lecter masks
  9. Hannibalesque
  10. Hannibalian
  11. Hannibalic

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