Meaning of cothon | Babel Free

Definitions

An artificial, protected harbor in a Phoenician city, especially and originally the one in Carthage.

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Examples

“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 […]”

“Cothons - artificial inner harbours, or perhaps rather docks and repair basins - are another architectural feature ascribed to Phoenician and Punic towns […]”

“It resembles the Phoenician cothons'.”

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