carmen

/ˈkaɾmen/ · B1 · noun · m

granada

🏡🍇 From Arabic karm = vineyard: a Granada house with its own orchard

A carmen is a walled house in Granada's Albaicín with a garden or orchard inside. The word comes from Arabic karm, vineyard, so it is not the name Carmen. Link it to the grapes and fruit trees behind the wall.

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