The English adjective "Punic" is used in scholarship to refer to the Western Phoenicians. The proper nouns "Punics" and "Punes" were used in the 16th century, but are obsolete and in current usage there is no proper noun. "Punic" derives from the Latin and , which were used mostly to refer to the Carthaginians and other western Phoenicians. These terms derived from the Ancient Greek word (), plural form (), which was used indiscriminately to refer to both western and eastern Phoenicians. Latin later borrowed the Greek term a second time as , plural form , also used indiscriminately.