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Hannibals

Hannibals is the plural of Hannibal.

Meaning of Hannibal

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.

Questions about Hannibals

What is Hannibals the plural of?
Hannibals is the plural of Hannibal.

Words near Hannibals in the dictionary

  1. Hannibal Lecter mask
  2. Hannibal Lecter masks
  3. Hannibalesque
  4. Hannibalian
  5. Hannibalic
  6. Hannibals
  7. Hannigan
  8. Hannigans
  9. Hannigram
  10. Hanning
  11. Hanningen

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