Carmania

[ kahr-mey-nee-uh ]

noun

1. a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.

Example Sentences

On the 11th the "Carmania's" captain reported about thirty large icebergs in latitude 41 degrees 54 minutes and longitude 50 degrees 30 minutes west, as well as extensive field ice.

From Scientific American

"Some large bergs," to quote the "Carmania's" captain, were "about 400 feet long and from one-quarter to one-half a mile in width."

From Scientific American

When that admiral beached his fleet at the mouth of the river Anamis on the shore of Harmozia, a coast district of Carmania, he found the country to be kindly, rich in every product except the olive.

From Project Gutenberg

Cyrus therefore treated him kindly, and though he would not allow him to remain in Babylonia, he gave him Carmania as a place where he might dwell.

From Project Gutenberg

Cyrus treated him with kindness, and sent him from Babylon to Carmania, which he appointed to be his dwelling-place.

From Project Gutenberg