Levant

levant English thumb|the Levant Etymology Borrowed from en fr levant rising, sun's point of rising, form of fr lever to rise, from en la levō to rise (cf. also the present participle la levāns), from la levis light, not heavy. Pronunciation en /ləˈvænt/ en /ləˈvɑnt/ /lɪˈvɑnt/ /ləˈvænt/ GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Levant.wav US en ænt 2 Proper noun 1 en Q81483en cultural region r/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) a <<cultural region>> of <<r/West Asia>> consisting of the eastern Mediterranean countries, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus. en Mashreq Greater Syria I 171 I see by the newspapers that the Mediterranean Fleet is leaving Malta for the Levant. Coordinate terms en Maghreb western Mediterranean, literally “where the sun sets” en Ponant Derived terms en Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Levantine Translations the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea Arabic: ar مَشْرِق m, ar اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ m, ar شرق m اَلشَّرْق, ar الشَّام m, ar بِلَاد الشَّامِ f Armenian: hy Լեւանտ Bengali: bn শাম Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 累范特 Lèifàntè, cmn 黎凡特 Lífántè Czech: cs Levanta f Danish: da Levanten Dutch: nl Levant Esperanto: eo Levantenio Finnish: fi Levantti French: fr Levant m Middle French: frm Levant m Galician: gl Levante m Georgian: ka ლევანტი German: de Levante f Greek: el Λεβάντες m Hebrew: he לֶבַנְט m Hindi: hi शाम Icelandic: is Austurlönd nær Indonesian: id Syam Irish: ga an Leiveaint f Italian: it Levante m Japanese: ja レバント Rebanto, ja レヴァント Revanto Korean: ko ^레반트 Ladino: Hebrew: lad ליב׳אנטי m Latin: lad Levante m Malay: ms Syam Manx: gv Levaant m Yn Levaant Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Levanten Nynorsk: nn Levanten Persian: fa شام šâm Polish: pl Lewant m Portuguese: pt Levante m Russian: ru Лева́нт m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Лѐвант m Latin: sh Lèvant m Spanish: es Levante m Swedish: sv Levanten c Tajik: tg Шом Thai: th ลิแวนต์ Turkish: tr Levant Ukrainian: uk Лева́нт m, uk Шам m Urdu: ur شام śām Uzbek: uz Shom Vietnamese: vi Proper noun + <dab!> en place c/USA: en CDP co/Thomas County s/Kansas. TopoZone: Levant, Kansas en town co/Penobscot County s/Maine. TopoZone: Levant, Maine Noun An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea. en levanter A type of leather. en 1976 w:Geoffrey Wolff Black Sun New York Review of Books 2003 173 [I]t was bound by G. Levitsky in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold. Further reading Levant (wind) References Anagrams en aelntv -valent valent vental Dutch nl: Etymology Borrowed from nl fr Levant. Pronunciation nl /ləˈvɑnt/ /leːˈvɑnt/ nl Nl-Levant.ogg nl Le vant nl ɑnt Proper noun m nl Levant Q81483 1836, Nicolaas G. van Kampen, De Levant of Mohammedaansch Azië, vol. 3, publ. by de erven François Bohn, page 223. nl De hoofd- of liever de eenige stad des eilands, van denzelfden naam, sedert den moord van 1822 de schaduw niet meer van hetgeen zij vroeger was, plagt eene der beste plaatsen van de Levant te zijn. The capital - or rather the only city of the island, of the same name, no longer the shadow of what it formerly was since the murder of 1822, used to be one of the best settlements of the Levant. 2008, Klaas Vansteenhuyse, Culturen gaan altijd ten onder. De zeevolkeren in het Middellandse Zeegebied (1200 voor Christus), vol. 3, Davidsfonds (publ.). nl Deze hebben een algemene vorm die goed verspreid was in de Levant tijdens de late bronstijd. These have a general shape that was widespread in the Levant during the Late Bronze Age. Derived terms nl Levantijns French fr: Etymology See fr levant. Pronunciation Proper noun m fr dated Orient (the countries of Asia) fr Levant Q81483 fr Ponant Derived terms fr État islamique en Irak et au Levant levantin Levantin Anagrams fr lavent, fr valent Serbo-Croatian sh: Pronunciation sh /lěʋant/ sh Le vant Proper noun Lèvant m-in sh Levant Q81483 Declension Levant Levanta Levantu Levant Levante Levantu Levantom Turkish Proper noun tr Levant Q81483