HANNIBAL

Hannibal

(noun) a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain

Hannibal

(noun) general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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