Cannae

Borrowed from Latin Cannae.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæniː/

Cannae

1. (historical) A village in the Apulia region of south east Italy, known as the site of a battle in 216 B.C. in which the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nae̯/, [ˈkänːäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ne/, [ˈkänːe]

Cannae f pl (genitive Cannārum); first declension

1. a small inland town of Apulia famous for the victory of Hannibal, situated near the right bank of the river Aufidus, now Canne della Battaglia

View of the ruins

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

• Cannensis

• “Cannae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cannae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.