The story
- Latin · derived fromCarthāgō Nova“New Carthage”
- Spanish · derived fromCartagena
- English todayCartagena
From Spanish Cartagena, ultimately from Latin Carthāgō Nova (“New Carthage”), of Punic origin, cognate to Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, “Carthage”, literally “New City”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.