Carme is a feminine given name of two separate origins. The first is a
Galician and
Catalan form of
Hebrew
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karmel'', "garden". The second is from
Greek
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Karmē'', whose name means "she who cuts the grain", from ''keirein'', "to cut".
People
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Carme Figueras, a Catalan politician
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Carme Laura Gil, a Catalan professor
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Carme Pinós
Carme Pinós Desplat (born 1954) is a Spanish architect.
Biography
Pinós graduated Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) in Barcelona in 1979 and returned to the school in 1981 to study Urbanism. From 1982 on she form ...
, a Catalan architect
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Carme Riera, a Catalan professor
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Carme Ruscalleda
Carme Ruscalleda i Serra (, born in 1952) is the renowned Spanish chef of the restaurant Sant Pau in Sant Pol de Mar, near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She also owns and manages the restaurant Sant Pau de Tòquio in Japan.
Ruscalleda was rais ...
, a Catalan chef
Other
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Carme (mythology) In Greek mythology, Carme or Karme (; Ancient Greek: Κάρμη ''Karmē'') was the mother of the Cretan goddess Britomartis by Zeus. She was either the daughter of Euboulus, the son of the Cretan priest Carmanor and a god revered in mystery rel ...
, a figure in
Greek mythology
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See also
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Carle
Carle or Carlé is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
*Andrea Cosima Carle, whose stage name is Maggie Mae (1960–2021), German singer
* Barbara Carle (born 1958), French-American poet, critic, translator and Italianist
* David Ca ...
, surnames
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Carle (given name)
Carle is given name that is a variant of Carla. Notable people with this name include the following:
Given name
* Carle Bernier-Genest (), a Canadian politician
* Carle Brenneman (born 1989), Canadian snowboarder
* Carle Hessay, birthname Hans Ka ...
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Karmei Tzur
Karmei Tzur, or Carmei Tzur () is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement in the West Bank located north of Hebron in the Judean hills between the Palestinian towns of Beit Ummar and Halhul. The National Religious community f ...
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Carmen (given name)
''Carmen'' is a feminine 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", which is the name of a mountain range in the Middle E ...
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