Carmen

¹ American  

[kahr-muhn, kahr-men] / ˈkɑr mən, ˈkɑr mɛn /

noun

1. Ciudad del Carmen.

2. a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “song.”

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Carmen ² American  

[kahr-muhn, kar-men] / ˈkɑr mən, karˈmɛn /

noun

1. an opera (1875) by Georges Bizet.

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Carmen Cultural  

1. One of the most popular of operas, composed by Georges Bizet, and first produced in the late nineteenth century. The title character is known for manipulating men. One of her victims, a Spanish soldier, arranges for her to escape from jail, but she later abandons him for a bullfighter, and he stabs her. The pieces “Habanera” and “Toreador Song” are well-known excerpts from Carmen.

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Carmen

“I love how we all pump each other up when we pass one another going up and down,” said Carmen Benedick, a local who has attended every Saturday for the past six weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Former Ohio State undergraduate Carmen Pape was also a co-author.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026

Translated in 2014 by Frank Wynne as “Liveforever,” the novel is narrated by María del Carmen Huerta, a well-off young woman from Cali who is sucked into the city’s frenetic world of musical subcultures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Carmen Schober, the profile’s author, ignored the way members of Schmidt’s online forum, Skinni Société, commiserated about their hair loss and inability to stand without getting dizzy.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Carmen and her pal Tony were heading back from school, making their way through the noisy streets of their neighborhood, Boston’s North End.

From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis