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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Both Irvine and Carmel Valley are silos from the problems of the outside world, places where everything might seem perfect, even when it isn’t, her brother said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Carmel McConnellogue was in hospital, being treated by medical staff for dehydration, when she suddenly felt she could no longer move her body.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Carmel McConnellogue said she could not speak or feel her face and "everything was numb"
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
On Saturday in Carmel, Ind., emergency officials relocated about 40 residents from their homes amid flooding and helped move residents and staff from a senior living facility, Mayor Sue Finkam said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Carmel was mildly startling after Centralia—a busy little town, nicely old-fashioned, with traffic on Main Street and sidewalks full of shoppers and other townsfolk going about their business.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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