cothon

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An artificial, protected harbor in a Phoenician city, especially and originally the one in Carthage.
    — The cothons at Carthage, during the Punic wars, are said to have held over two hundred ships. The small size of the Motya cothon may be accounted for by […]

词形变化

cothons plural

词源

From Ancient Greek κώθων (kṓthōn), rendering a Phoenician term meaning something like "excavated". (Cothon was the name of the island in Carthage's artificial harbor, namesake of the type.)
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