Amilcare

  • [ ah-meel-KAH-re ]
  • Italian
Italian 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.
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN: Hamilcar
HISTORY: Hamilcar
PORTUGUESE: Amílcar
SPANISH: Amílcar
OTHER FORMS
NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Melqart