"Carmen" meaning in English

See Carmen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mən/
Etymology: Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet. The male name is from Italian Carmine. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|Carmen}} Spanish Carmen, {{der|en|it|Carmine}} Italian Carmine Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Carmen
  1. A female given name from Spanish in the nineteenth century. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English unisex given names Derived forms: Carmen de Patagones, El Carmen, San Luis del Carmen
    Sense id: en-Carmen-en-name-ddWetVUH Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 48 46 3 1 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 33 8 0 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 38 9 0 3
  2. (dated, rare) A male given name from Italian. Tags: dated, rare Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Carmen-en-name-ioHRQYcr Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 48 46 3 1 2
  3. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Carmen-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  4. A town in Oklahoma. Categories (place): Places in Oklahoma, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in Oklahoma, USA, Towns in the United States
    Sense id: en-Carmen-en-name-B16cVhXk
  5. An unincorporated community in Idaho. Categories (place): Places in Idaho, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Idaho, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States
    Sense id: en-Carmen-en-name-pwPQq1EL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (female given name): 卡門 (Chinese Mandarin), 卡门 (Kǎmén) (Chinese Mandarin), Karmena (Esperanto), Carmen [feminine] (French), Κάρμεν (Kármen) [feminine] (Greek), カルメン (Karumen) (Japanese), कार्मेन (kārmen) [feminine] (Marathi), Кармен (Karmen) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'female given name': 48 48 4 0 0

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