 The earliest named settlement within the domain of modern @-@ day Haifa was a city known as Sycaminum . Tel Shikmona Hebrew meaning " mound of the Ficus sycomorus " ( Arabic Tell el @-@ Semak or Tell es @-@ Samak , meaning " mound of the fish " ) preserved and transformed this ancient name and is mentioned once in the Mishnah ( composed c . 200 CE ) for the wild fruits that grow around it . , with locals using it to refer to a coastal tell at the foot of the Carmel Mountains that contains its remains . 
 The earliest named settlement within the domain of modern @-@ day Haifa was a city known as Sycaminum . Tel Shikmona <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>Hebrew</mark></a> meaning " mound of the Ficus sycomorus " ( Arabic Tell el @-@ Semak or Tell es @-@ Samak , meaning " mound of the fish " ) preserved and transformed this ancient name and is mentioned once in the Mishnah ( composed c . 200 CE ) for the wild fruits <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a>grow around it . , with locals using it to refer to a coastal tell at the foot of the Carmel Mountains <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>contains</mark></a> its remains . 
The earliest named settlement within da domain of modern @-@ day Haifa was a city known as Sycaminum . Tel Shikmona Hebrewed meaning " mound of the Ficus sycomorus " ( Arabic Tell el @-@ Semak or Tell es @-@ Samak , meaning " mound of the fish " ) preserved and transformed this ancient name and is mentioned once in the Mishnah ( composed c . 200 CE ) fir the wild fruits grow around it . , with locals usin it to refer to a coastal tell at the foot of tdaCarmel Mountains contain its remains .