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Carmel

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Car·mel  (kär-ml) also Car·mel-by-the-Sea (-b--s)
A city of western California on Carmel Bay at the southern end of the Monterey Peninsula. It is an artists' and writers' colony and a popular tourist spot. Population: 4,000.
Car·mel  (kärml), Mount
A limestone ridge of northwest Israel extending about 24 km (15 mi) from the Plain of Esdraelon northwest to the Mediterranean Sea. It rises to approximately 546 m (1,790 ft).
Carmel [ˈkɑːməl]
n
(Placename) Mount. 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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They had taken the direct county road across the hills from Monterey, instead of the Seventeen Mile Drive around by the coast, so that Carmel Bay came upon them without any fore-glimmerings of its beauty.
The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack View in context
We had all intended to go by diligence to Damascus, and switch off to Baalbec as we went along--because we expected to rejoin the ship, go to Mount Carmel, and take to the woods from there.
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He was shot by one of our lookouts at the cave-refuge at Carmel, through failure on his part to remember the secret signals.
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