Carmen
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of carman form-of, plural
- 1 A female given name from Spanish
"Not all of them looked "Spanish", but, no doubt, all of them were Spanish, even the blue-eyed, white, sylph-like creature, dressed in pale blue and white, who looked much more like a Murillo Madonna than like Carmen, but who danced like a Carmen, with a lithe, luring body entirely without stays[...]"
- 2 A male given name from Italian. dated, rare
- 3 A surname.
- 4 A town in Oklahoma.
- 5 An unincorporated community in Idaho.
Example
More examples"My husband and I are going on Sunday to see the ballet, Carmen, performed by the National Ballet Company at the Four Seasons Centre."
Etymology
From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.
From Italian Carmine.
* From Spanish Carmen. * A variant of Carman.
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