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Carmania

American  
[kahr-may-nee-uh] / kɑrˈmeɪ ni ə /

noun

  1. a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.


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Cunard has ripped out the Edwardian trappings of two of its ships, installed bowling lanes and nightclubs and rechristened the ships Carmania and Franconia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile W. W. Husband, Assistant Secretary of Labor in charge of immigration, expressed the following opinion: A unique delegation arrived in Manhattan last week aboard the Carmania.

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This happened to the Cedric and the Carmania.

From Time Magazine Archive

King Nabonidus was captured and banished to the distant province of Carmania, northeast of the Persian Gulf.

From The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent

After the duel had lasted one hour and forty-five minutes she heeled over at such an angle that the men on the Carmania could actually look down her funnels.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. by James Edward Parrott

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