What does levant mean?
Definitions for levant
lɪˈvæntlev·ant
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Princeton's WordNet
Levant, Levant morocconoun
a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
Levantverb
the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
levantverb
run off without paying a debt
Wiktionary
Levantnoun
The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea variously:
Levantnoun
An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea
Etymology: Transferral use of Levant, from levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
LEVANTadjective
Eastern.
Etymology: levant, French.
Thwart of those, as fierce
Forth rush the levant, and the ponent winds,
Eurus and Zephyr. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.Levantnoun
The east, particularly those coasts of the Mediterranean east of Italy.
ChatGPT
levant
The Levant is a geographical term that traditionally refers to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia. It includes the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, and sometimes it covers Cyprus and parts of Turkey and Iraq as well. The term "Levant" is derived from the French lever, meaning "to rise"—as in the direction of the sunrise. Historically and culturally, it has been a significant and diverse region with many ethnic groups, religions, and civilizations.
Webster Dictionary
Levantadjective
rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant
Levantnoun
the countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters
Levantnoun
a levanter (the wind so called)
Levantadjective
eastern
Levantverb
to run away from one's debts; to decamp
Etymology: [It. levante the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr. levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever.]
Wikidata
Levant
The Levant or Arabic: المشرق العربي al-Mashrīq al-'Arabiyy; Hebrew: כְּנָעַן Kənáʿan, also known as the region of Syria or the Eastern Mediterranean, is a geographic and cultural region consisting of the "eastern Mediterranean littoral between Anatolia and Egypt". The Levant consists today of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and parts of southern Turkey. Iraq and the Sinai Peninsula are also sometimes included. Precise definitions have varied over time, and the term originally had a broader and less well defined usage. The Levant has been described as the "crossroads of western Asia, the eastern Mediterranean and northeast Africa".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Levant
le-vant′, n. the point where the sun rises: the East: the coasts of the Mediterranean east of Italy.—adj. Lev′ant, or Lē′vant, eastern.—n. Levant′er, a strong easterly wind in the Levant.—adj. Levant′ine, belonging to the Levant. [Fr. levant—L. levāre, to raise.]
Levant
le-vant′, v.i. to decamp.—n. Levant′er, one who runs away dishonourably, who dodges paying his bets, &c. [Sp. levantar, to move—L. levāre, to raise.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Levant
a name given to the E. of the Mediterranean and the regions adjoining by the western peoples of the Mediterranean.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
levant
A wind coming from the east, which freshens as the sun rises, and subsides as it declines--To levant, to desert.
Etymology and Origins
Levant
An Italian term for the Orient or East--i.e. all those parts of the Mediterranean eastward of Italy. The word is also used in the sense of to depart, and a defaulter was said to have levanted, or gone to the Levant. This was in allusion to the “Grand Tour” which all scions of the nobility were expected to make on reaching their majority.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LEVANT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Levant is ranked #56588 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Levant surname appeared 361 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Levant.
48.7% or 176 total occurrences were White.
39.6% or 143 total occurrences were Black.
8.8% or 32 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Anagrams for levant »
valent
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of levant in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of levant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of levant in a Sentence
France cannot do everything, in the Sahel, in the Central African Republic, in the Levant and then secure its national territory.
The co-existence of these two populations in a confined geographic region at the same time that genetic models predict interbreeding promotes the notion that interbreeding may have occurred in the Levant region.
Ahrar al-Sham and the Levant Front were dragged behind the lie of the Nusra Front.
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- المشرق العربيArabic
- levantCzech
- levantDanish
- LevanteGerman
- Εγγύς ΑνατολήGreek
- LevanteSpanish
- سودمندPersian
- livistääFinnish
- LevantFrench
- LevantHungarian
- LeantIndonesian
- levanteItalian
- לבנטHebrew
- levantLatin
- LevantDutch
- levantNorwegian
- uciecPolish
- LevantePortuguese
- LevantRomanian
- ЛевантRussian
- smita, sjappa, rymmaSwedish
- borçlarını odemeden kaçmakTurkish
- левантUkrainian
- لیوینٹUrdu
- thuếVietnamese
- levantYiddish
- 黎凡特Chinese
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