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Definitions of levant in various dictionaries:
noun - a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
noun - the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
verb - run off without paying a debt
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| Chiefly British To leave hurriedly or in secret to avoid unpaid debts. |
| run away, typically leaving unpaid debts. |
| the countries and islands of the eastern Mediterranean |
| Run away, typically leaving unpaid debts. |
| The eastern part of the Mediterranean with its islands and neighbouring countries. |
| the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel |
| a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding |
| run off without paying a debt |
| Geographic Matches |
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| Levant, Sipaliwini, SURINAME |
| Levant, MAINE, UNITED STATES |
| Levant, KANSAS, UNITED STATES |
| Levant, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES |
| Levant description |
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| The Levant () is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean. In its narrowest sense, it is equivalent to the historical region of Syria. In its widest historical sense, the Levant included all of the eastern Mediterranean with its islands; that is, it included all of the countries along the Eastern Mediterranean shores, extending from Greece to Cyrenaica.The term entered English in the late 15th century from French. It derives from the Italian Levante, meaning "rising", implying the rising of the sun in the east. As such, it is broadly equivalent to the term Al-Mashriq (Arabic: , [almariq]), meaning "the land where the sun rises". In the 13th and 14th centuries, the term levante was used for Italian maritime commerce in the Eastern Mediterranean, including Greece, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine, and Egypt, that is, the lands east of Venice. Eventually the term was restricted to the Muslim countries of Syria-Palestine and Egypt. In 1581 |