AmÍLcar

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Usage：Portuguese, Spanish

Meaning & History：

Portuguese and Spanish form of HAMILCAR.

HAMILCAR male Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History

Means "brother of Melqart" from Phoenician ha "brother" combined with the name of the god MELQART. Hamilcar was a 3rd-century BC Carthaginian general, the father of Hannibal.

MELQART male Near Eastern Mythology

From Phoenician mlk "king" and qrt "city". This was the name of a Phoenician god worshipped especially in the city of Tyre.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN: Hamilcar

HISTORY: Hamilcar

ITALIAN: Amilcare

PORTUGUESE: Amílcar

SPANISH: Amílcar

OTHER FORMS

NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Melqart