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'''Karamlish''' ({{lang-syr|ܟܪܡܠܫ}}, {{lang-ar|كرمليس}}; also spelled ''Karemles'', ''Karemlesh'') is an ancient [[Chaldean people|Chaldean]] town in [[Chaldean homeland|Mesopotamia]], northern [[IraqMesopotamia]] located less than {{convert|18|mi|km}} south east of [[Mosul]].
It is surrounded by many hills that along with it made up the historical [[Chaldean]] city of Kar-Mullissi, which means "the city of Mullisi" in [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]. Karamlish also had many other names It is believed to have been called Er-Elo-Bano ("city of the god Bano") during the reign of the Chaldean King Nabuchanesser II (612 BC). During the reign of the [[Chaldean]] dynasty of [[Ur]] around 3000 BC, Karamlish was called Kar-Denkir-Neen-Leel, meaning "the city of the goddess [[Ninlil]]" (the wife of the god [[Enlil]] and the mother of Chaldean Babylonian god [[Ninurta]].){{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}