Levant
A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern…A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
Meaning
3 sensesA cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
Levante
Лева́нтLevánt
Лева́нтLevánt, ШамŠam
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Thomas County, Kansas.
A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
Examples
4 sentencesThe Levant has never been isolated.
There used to be lions in the Levant.
Jews are an ancient tribal people who originated in the Levant.
Dates and walnuts are commonly used in the filling for baklava made in the Levant.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”),Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”).
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