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Carmania

American  
[kahr-mey-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.

From Time Magazine Archive

This happened to the Cedric and the Carmania.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cities are not numerous, but admirably supplied with all the necessaries and luxuries of life; the most celebrated of them all are Carmania the metropolis, Portospana, Alexandria, and Hermopolis.

From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke

The Carmania and the Nicaragua, which were going westward ahead of the Titanic, had both become entangled in ice, and the Nicaragua had sustained considerable damage.

From Titanic by Young, Filson