Origin: Latin suffix -al
Hannibal has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:
general who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
a town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
A male given name from Punic of mostly historical use. Most notably borne by the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca.