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  1. Carmennoun

    borrowed from Spanish in the nineteenth century.

  2. carmennoun

    Plural form of carman.

  3. Carmennoun

    A female given name from Spanish in the nineteenth century.

    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

  4. Carmennoun

    A male given name from Italian.

  5. Carmennoun

    A town in Oklahoma.

  6. Carmennoun

    An unincorporated community in Idaho.

  7. Etymology: Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.

Wikipedia

  1. Carmen

    Carmen is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey, taken from her debut studio album Born to Die (2012). It was released as a single on the iTunes Stores of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on January 26, 2012 by Universal Music Group. A music video, directed by Del Rey, was released on April 21, 2012. During reviews for the album, "Carmen" garnered high acclaim from critics, most of whom praised the song's lyrics.

Wikidata

  1. Carmen

    Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875, and at first was not particularly successful. Its initial run extended to 36 performances, before the conclusion of which Bizet died suddenly, and thus knew nothing of the opera's later celebrity. The opera, written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue, tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery Gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous toreador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage. The depictions of proletarian life, immorality and lawlessness, and the tragic outcome in which the main character dies on stage, broke new ground in French opera and were highly controversial. After the premiere, most reviews were critical, and the French public was generally indifferent. Carmen initially gained its reputation through a series of productions outside France, and was not revived in Paris until 1883; thereafter it rapidly acquired celebrity at home and abroad, and continues to be one of the most frequently performed operas; the "Toreador song" from act 2 is among the best known of all operatic arias. Later commentators have asserted that Carmen forms the bridge between the tradition of opéra comique and the realism or verismo that characterised late 19th-century Italian opera.

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Who Was Who?

  1. Carmen

    Celebrated Spanish flirt. She worked in the government tobacco factory at Seville until a clever writer and a musician rescued her. Went on the stage. Has appeared in most of the cities throughout the world, made love to several singers, and then been killed by a bull fighter after singing her way through five acts.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CARMEN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Carmen is ranked #10193 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Carmen surname appeared 3,161 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Carmen.

    64.3% or 2,034 total occurrences were White.
    22.8% or 721 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    7% or 222 total occurrences were Black.
    2.3% or 73 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.1% or 68 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.3% or 43 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Carmen in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Carmen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Carmen in a Sentence

  1. Manuel Santos:

    This nightmare is going to end soon, carmen will be with us in our home.

  2. Carmen Robison:

    Never would I have imagined that gifts would start pouring in from all over Arkansas and the rest of the country, it's bittersweet, because I wish Emily was still alive to see it. But not having to worry about Baby Carmen being taken care of is one less thing I have to worry about right now.

  3. Stoneman Douglas student Ariana Ortega:

    Unfortunately, the letter arrived in the mail the day after Carmen Schentrup passed, so Carmen Schentrup never knew that, carmen Schentrup was going to change the world, and I ’m sure of that.

  4. Bud Lake:

    In our mind there is not a possibility that we can lose Carmen, she is our daughter and our daughter belongs with us.

  5. Phil Ledford:

    We still cannot find the words to truly express how much we appreciate the support we've received from everyone for Ben, the family and for Carmen.

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