Hannibal

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Pronounced： [ HAN-i-bəl (English) ]
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Usage：Ancient Near Eastern (Latinized), History

Meaning & History：

Means "grace of Ba'al" from Phoenician hann "grace" combined with the name of the god BA'AL. Hannibal was the Carthaginian general who threatened Rome during the Second Punic War in the 3rd century BC.

BA'AL male Near Eastern Mythology

Derived from Semitic ba'al meaning "lord" or "possessor". This was the name of various local deities, often associated with storms and fertility, who were worshipped by the Canaanites, Phoenicians, and other peoples of the ancient Near East.

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EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN: Hannibal

HISTORY: Hannibal

ITALIAN: Annibale

PORTUGUESE: Aníbal

SPANISH: Aníbal

OTHER FORMS

NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY: Ba'al