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Mount Carmel (other)
Mount Carmel is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel. Mount Carmel may refer also to: Places in the United States * Mount Carmel, Hamden, a neighborhood of Hamden, Connecticut * Mount Carmel, Florida * Mount Carmel, Illinois, a city and county seat * Mount Carmel, Indiana, Franklin County, a town * Mount Carmel, Washington County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Mount Carmel, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Mount Carmel, Mississippi * Mount Carmel, a township and community in Cavalier County, North Dakota * Mount Carmel, Ohio, a census-designated place * Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, a borough * Mount Carmel, Saskatchewan, a hamlet in Canada * Mount Carmel, South Carolina, a census-designated place * Mount Carmel, Tennessee, a town * Mount Carmel, Utah, now part of Orderville * Mount Carmel Junction, Utah, now part of Orderville * Mount Carmel, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Mount Carmel District, a neighborhood of Poughkeepsie, New York * Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/Elijah), is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast. The range is a UNESCO biosphere reserve. A number of towns are situated there, most notably the city of Haifa, Israel's third largest city, located on the northern and western slopes. Etymology The word ''karmel'' means "garden-land" and is of uncertain origin. It is either a compound of ''kerem'' and ''el'', meaning "vineyard of El (deity), God" or a clipping of ''kar male,'' meaning "full kernel." Martin Jan Mulder suggested a third etymology, that of ''kerem + l'' with the lamed a wiktionary:sufformative, sufformative, but this is considered unlikely as evidence for the existence of a lamed sufformative is weak. Geography and geology T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
