Define siphon: a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level over anâ¦ â siphon in a sentence a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level over an intermediate elevation by theâ¦
published on 28 April 2011. According to legend, Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Queen Elissa (better known as Dido) sometime around 813 BCE. The city (in modern-day Tunisia, North Africa) was originally known as Kart-hadasht (new city) to distinguish it from the older Phoenician city of Utica nearby.
The capital and largest city of Libya is Tripoli. The name is from the Greek and means three cities. About the 7th century BC the Phoenicians founded their colony of Carthage and built three cities in this region of North Africa: Oea (now Tripoli), Leptis Magna, and Sabratah.