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Definition of Hannibal

1. 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).

2. Noun. A town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain.

Definition of Hannibal

1. Proper noun. (given name male from=Latin) of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the the Carthaginian general w:Hannibal Hannibal Barca. ¹

2. Proper noun. A city in Missouri: Hannibal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hannibal

Hank Marvin Hank Williams Hankin Hankins Hankinson Hanko Hanks Hanks' solution Hanks dilators Hanlon's razor

Hann Hanna Hannah Hannah Arendt Hannes Alfven Hannibal (current term) Hannover Hannover's canal Hannukah Hannukkah

Hanoi Hanoian Hanoians Hanot's cirrhosis Hanover Hanoverian Hanoverian line Hanoverians Hans Adolf Krebs Hans Albrecht Bethe

Literary usage of Hannibal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"BOOK by Hannibal, and the defenders were treated with all the . • - severity of the laws of war ... For such an attempt Hannibal had neither time nor means. ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1904)
"At Hannibal the danger line of 13 feet was reached on May 29, ... The estimated loss from the high water southward from Quincy to and including Hannibal, ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1823)
"saw") tA Dissertation on the Passage of Hannibal over the Alps. By a Member of the ... THE passage of Hannibal has been frequently discussed by foreign ..."

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