Franco-Levantine

English

Etymology

Franco- +‎ Levantine

Noun

Franco-Levantine (plural Franco-Levantines)

1. A Catholic or Latinophone resident of the Levant, or one who culturally belongs to this community.
   • 1995, Paschalis Kitromilides, Marios L. Evriviades, Cyprus, →ISBN, page 4:

     This is an outstanding publication of photographs by J. P. Foscolo (1852-1927), a Franco-Levantine born on the Greek island of Zakynthos.

   • 2012, Nestor Pierrakos, Maktoub, →ISBN, page 20:

     Half an hour later, the door of the inner sanctum opened and a portly and important-looking Franco-Levantine walked out and Peter was ushered into Mr. Mabardi's office.

   • 2015, Professor Jim Samson, Dr Nicoletta Demetriou, Music in Cyprus, →ISBN, page 7:

     But Franks (or Franco-Levantines) and Greeks constituted the two major ethno-religious groups, Latin and Orthodox respectively.

Adjective

Franco-Levantine (comparative more Franco-Levantine, superlative most Franco-Levantine)

1. Characteristic of the culture of Franco-Levantines.
   • 1917, Stephen Lucius Gwynn, Gertrude M. Tuckwell, The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Bart., M.P., page 480:

     Is she not herself in Egypt also taken in the toils of Franco-Levantine influences, as dominant at Cairo as they are at Constantinople ?

   • 2001, Dorling Kindersley, Egypt, →ISBN, page 283:

     This renowned Franco-Levantine restaurant and bar provides a welcome escape from the bustle of the city centre.

   • 2001, Mercedes Volait, Le Caire-Alexandrie architectures européennes, 1850-1950, →ISBN, page 107:

     In the case of Maadi the tone would be unmistakably English and in the case of Heliopolis, Franco-Levantine.