Carmel

American  

[kahr-muhl, kahr-mel, kahr-muhl, kahr-mel] / ˈkɑr məl, kɑrˈmɛl, ˈkɑr məl, kɑrˈmɛl /

noun

1. Mount Carmel, a mountain range in northwestern Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1,818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 kilometers) long.

2. a town in central Indiana.

3. Also called Carmel-by-the-Sea.  a town in western California, on the Pacific Ocean: artists' colony and resort.

4. a female given name.

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Carmel British  

/ ˈkɑːməl /

noun

1. a mountain ridge in NW Israel, extending from the Samarian Hills to the Mediterranean. Highest point: about 540 m (1800 ft)

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Etymology

Origin of Carmel

From Latin Carmel, Carmēlus, from Greek Kármēlos, from Hebrew karmel “garden, orchard”

Example Sentences

The couple had arrived just hours earlier at the Mount Carmel Medical Center and were taken straight to the facility's underground shelter, carved into the mountainside.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

"It is lovely to talk about her in a school named after her," Carmel said.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

She got her start in the news business by managing a community newspaper in her hometown of Carmel, N.Y.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

And his family eventually started having packages sent to his mother’s house in nearby Carmel Valley, an unincorporated community with standard addresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

“I know a place up Carmel Valley where there’s fifteen hundred in one flock.”

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck