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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καρτέννα (Karténna), from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤕𐤍 (qrttn), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + an uncertain Berber toponym.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cartenna f sg (genitive Cartennae); first declension
- Tenes (a city in Algeria)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- Cartenna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cartenna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly