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==Etymology== The [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name translates as 'length of vinyard'<ref>[[Edward William Lane]], An Arabic–English Lexicon, vols. 6–8 ed. by Stanley Lane-Poole, 8 vols. (London: Williams and Norgate, 1863–93).</ref> but is a distortion of the [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] name ''Tur Karma''<ref>{{cite book |title=Carta's Official Guid to Israel and Complete Gazetteer to all Sites in the Holy Land |date=1983 |publisher=Carta |page=446}}</ref> ('mount of the vineyard'), which was used for Tulkarm by the [[Crusaders]] and by the mediaeval [[Samaritan]] inhabitants.<ref name=Palmer194/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-02-02|title=Environmental Profile for The West Bank Volume 8|url=http://www.arij.org/pub/Tulkarm-Profile.pdf|access-date=2020-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202183824/http://www.arij.org/pub/Tulkarm-Profile.pdf|archive-date=2007-02-02}}</ref>
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