Carmel

[ kahr-muhl, kahr-mel kahr-muhl kahr-mel ]

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noun

Mount Carmel, a mountain range in northwestern Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1,818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 kilometers) long.
a town in central Indiana.
Also called Car·mel-by-the-Sea [kahr-, mel, -bahy-, th, uh, -, see]. a town in western California, on the Pacific Ocean: artists' colony and resort.
a female given name.

Carmel

/ ˈkɑːməl /

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

Origin of Carmel¹

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

Actually, “Drag Queen Barbie is the most fabulous Barbie yet,” adds Carmel Lobello at Death and Taxes.

The Carmel blaze was a failed test, both horrible and useful.

Strong easterly winds drove the fire down the westerly slopes of the Carmel Range.

And gladness and joy shall be taken away from Carmel, and there shall be no rejoicing nor shouting in the vineyards.

It is two miles from Jericho bridge to Carmel Church, which stands in a beautiful grove of oaks.

The second Mission was built on the Carmel River, a little distance from the site of the first altar.

It comes to the coast directly at the north end of Carmel, and there the plain is a wide and noble one.

At some distance to our left, we had the north end of Mount Carmel in view, with the Latin monastery on the top of it.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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