or KARAMAN, a town of Asia Minor, in the district of Caramania, on the border of an extensive plain at the foot of Mount Taurus, N. Lat. 37° 13', E. Long. 33° 28'. It was once the capital of a prosperous kingdom, and contains several remains of its former greatness. It still continues to trade with Smyrna and the other towns of Asia Minor, and to manufacture coarse cloth from the wool obtained in the neighbouring highlands, a considerable portion of which is wrought with cotton into a fabric for the use of the inhabitants. Pop. according to Filcher, 20,000.