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Carmen is a unisex given name in the Spanish language. It has two different origins, with its first root used as a nickname for Carmel, from Hebrew karmel meaning "vineyard of God", [ 2 ] which is the name of a mountain range in the Middle East .
The "garden" origin is from Hebrew karmel; the "harvester" origin is from Greek Karmē; the two origins are unrelated Carme is a feminine given name of two separate origins. The first is a Galician and Catalan form of Hebrew karmel , "garden".
This is a list of common nouns, used in the English language, whose etymology goes back to the name of some, often historical or archaic, ethnic or religious group, but whose current meaning has lost that connotation and does not imply any actual ethnicity or religion. Several of these terms are derogatory or insulting.
Carmine is a male given name of Italian origins. It also has the meaning "purplish-red" from an Aramaic word qirmizī which means “crimson” in English. Notable people with the name include: Carmine Abate (born 1954), Italian writer; Carmine Abbagnale (born 1962), Italian competition rower; Carmine Agnello (born 1960), American alleged mobster
Porta Carmentalis (at location 12) The name Carmenta is derived from Latin carmen, meaning a magic spell, oracle or song, and also the root of the English word charm.Her original name was Nicostrate (Greek: Νικοστράτη, "victory-army"), but it was changed later to honor her renown for giving oracles (Latin singular: carmen).
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]
Onomastics has applications in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a popular approach in historical research, where it can be used to identify ethnic minorities within populations [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and for the purpose of prosopography .
An online dictionary is a dictionary that is accessible via the Internet through a web browser. They can be made available in a number of ways: free, free with a paid subscription for extended or more professional content, or a paid-only service.