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

Carmel Levitan, a parent of a 5th- and a 9th-grader in the district, said the district has misused funds that should be spent on teachers, staff and support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

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

But now, for the first time in three years, the coastal two-lane highway will be completely open for an uninterrupted drive of the roughly 100 miles between Carmel and Cambria.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

I met Myra Goodman, now a tanned, talkative forty-two- year-old, over lunch at the company’s roadside stand in the Carmel Valley.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan