Meaning

2 senses

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

  2. A type of leather.

More definitions
  • the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
  • a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The Levant has never been isolated.

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  2. There used to be lions in the Levant.

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  3. Jews are an ancient tribal people who originated in the Levant.

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  4. Dates and walnuts are commonly used in the filling for baklava made in the Levant.

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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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Forms

plural: Levants
SingularLevant
PluralLevants

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
levanter
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lettuceB1leuleukemialevleveelevelB1

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