Levant

See also levant

English

Etymology

French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”), from levis (“light, not heavy”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ænt

Proper noun

Levant

1. The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea variously:

   a. Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine

   b. Turkey, Cyprus, (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine), Egypt.

   c. Greece, (Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt).

2. An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea

Synonyms

• (wind): levanter

Antonyms

• Maghreb

Derived terms

• Levantine

Translations

the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea

• Arabic: مشرق (ar) (máshriq) m, المشرق العربي (ar) (al-máshriq al-3árabiy) m, الشرق (ar) (al-sharq) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 累范特 (cmn) (Lèifàntè), 黎凡特 (cmn) (Lífántè)

• Dutch: Levant (nl)
• Esperanto: Levantenio (eo)
• Finnish: Levantti (fi)
• French: Levant (fr) m
• German: Levante (de) f
• Greek: Λεβάντες (el) (Levántes) m
• Italian: Levante (it) m
• Japanese: レバント (ja) (Rebanto)

• Korean: 레반트 (ko) (Lebanteu)
• Manx: Yn Levaant (gv)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Levanten (nb)

  Nynorsk: Levanten (nn)

• Polish: Lewant (pl) m
• Russian: Левант (ru) (Levánt) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лѐвант (sh) m

  Roman: Lèvant (sh) m

• Swedish: Levanten (sv) c

External links

• Levant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Levant (wind)

Anagrams

• valent

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Proper noun

Levant ?

1. Levant (Eastern Mediterranean)

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Levant

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lə.vɑ̃/

Proper noun

Levant m

1. (dated) Orient (the countries of Asia)

Anagrams

• lavent, valent

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Serbo-Croatian

Wikipedia ^sh

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lěʋant/
• Hyphenation: Le‧vant

Proper noun

Lèvant m (Cyrillic spelling Лѐвант)

1. Levant (Eastern Mediterranean)

Declension

    declension of Levant

	singular
nominative	Levant
genitive	Levanta
dative	Levantu
accusative	Levant
vocative	Levante
locative	Levantu
instrumental	Levantom