Carmel
Americannoun
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Mount Carmel, a mountain range in northwestern Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1,818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 kilometers) long.
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a town in central Indiana.
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Also called Carmel-by-the-Sea. a town in western California, on the Pacific Ocean: artists' colony and resort.
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a female given name.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Carmel
From Latin Carmel, Carmēlus, from Greek Kármēlos, from Hebrew karmel “garden, orchard”
Example Sentences
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After a projectile struck a building in the nearby city of Tirat Carmel, residents were evacuated, according to the same journalist.
From Barron's
For more than 20 years Carmel Hayes has been visiting St Brigid's Primary School in Drumilly, south Armagh to teach children how to make St Brigid's crosses.
From BBC
Among Carmel's most attentive students is her granddaughter Mya.
From BBC
As well as cross making, Carmel is teaching the children some of the stories associated with St Brigid and how her feast day, February 1, marks the start of spring or Imbolc, in the Celtic calendar.
From BBC
"It is lovely to talk about her in a school named after her," Carmel said.
From BBC
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