[ 2 syll. cin-dy, ci-ndy ] The baby girl name Cindy is pronounced as S IH NDiy- â . Cindy is used mostly in English, Latin, and Dutch, and its language of origin is French and Old Greek. From the short form of other given names, but now used as an independent name in its own right.n addition, Cindy is a diminutive form of the English name Cinderella. Cindy is also a diminutive form (English and Latin) of the English, German, and Greek name Cynthia. Cindy is also a diminutive form (Dutch and English) of the English, Portuguese, and Spanish name Lucinda.
By the time the Greeks were colonizing Syracuse and the rest of Sicily, the Phoenicians were already (9th century B.C.) a major power in the middle of the Mediterranean. The principal city of the Phoenicians, Carthage, was located near modern Tunis, on a promontory on the Northern Coast of Africa.
Carthage, a city in Africa, was also growing. Rome and Carthage fought over who would control trade in the Mediterranean Sea. There were 3 separate wars fought. Carthage was a great sea power and defeated the Romans at sea; Rome was a great land power and beat the Carthaginians on land. Rome won the first war and Carthage gave up Sicily to Rome. Rome won the second war and made Carthage give up its army and pay tribute to Rome.