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Carmichael

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈkɑɹmaɪkəl//

A placename: A village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9238).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A placename: A village and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9238).

  2. 2

    A placename: A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.

    The property became the highest-priced sale in Carmichael in 2017 when it was sold for $1.7 million to Nicksam Properties LLC, according to public property records.

  3. 3

    A placename: A rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Carmichael No. 109) and special service area therein, in Saskatchewan, Canada.

  4. 4

    A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

    My name is Carmichael. Doctor of Divinity in the service of mankind.

Etymology

From Cumbric *cayr (cognate of Welsh caer (“fort, stronghold”)) + the personal name Michael.

Forms

plural
Carmichaels
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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