carmel

< /kɑrˈmɛlˌbaɪ ðəˈsi/. a town in W California, on the Pacific Ocean: artists’ colony and resort.

a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “garden.”

noun

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

mountain in northern Israel, from Latin Carmel, from Greek Karmel, from Hebrew karmel “garden, fertile field.”