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Mediterranean
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English
Etymology
en ine-pro *ters-
en :af la:mediterrāneus -an +
From en la mediterrāneus inland from 1 la medius<t:middle> terra<t:earth, land> -āneus<pos:adjectival suffix> en -an.
Pronunciation
en /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪni.ən/ RP
en /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹɛjnɪjən/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mediterranean.wav Southern England
en /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/ [mɛɾɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən] [mɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnjən] US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Mediterranean.wav US
en /ˌmedətəˈɹæɪni.ən/ AU,NZ
en /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɾene.ən/ /-nɪ.ən/ /-ni.ən/ Scotland
en /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɾeːni.ən/ Wales
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.
Derived terms
en circummediterranean Euro-Mediterranean Mediterraneanism oromediterranean supramediterranean thermomediterranean circum-Mediterranean//circummediterranean familial Mediterranean fever medicane Mediterranean anchovy Mediterranean anemia Mediterranean parrotfish Mediterranean back Mediterranean basin Mediterranean blue Mediterranean climate Mediterranean coast fever Mediterranean cypress Mediterranean Deep Water Mediterranean diet Mediterranean disease Mediterranean dwarf palm Mediterranean eddy Mediterranean erythematous fever Mediterranean exanthematous fever Mediterranean fan palm Mediterranean fever Mediterranean flour moth Mediterranean forest Mediterranean front Mediterranean fruit fly Mediterranean Games Mediterranean gecko Mediterranean gull Mediterranean hackberry Mediterranean house gecko Mediterranean Irish Mediterranean Irishman Mediterranean lens Mediterranean lenses Mediterranean lingua franca Mediterranean Lingua Franca Mediterranean lymphoma Mediterranean monk seal Mediterraneanness Mediterranean outflow Mediterranean pine Mediterranean race Mediterranean recluse spider Mediterranean region Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean shearwater Mediterranean snapdragon Mediterranean spearfish Mediterranean spotted fever Mediterranean Squadron Mediterranean States Mediterranean Station Mediterranean stone pine Mediterranean strawflower Mediterranean Theater of Operations Mediterranean theileriosis Mediterranean triad Mediterranean tropical cyclone Mediterranean water Mediterranean water shrew Mediterranean wood Mediterranean-hemoglobin E disease Mediterraneanise Mediterraneanize Mediterranean stinkbush proto-Mediterranean Proto-Mediterranean sub-Mediterranean//submediterranean
Related terms
en medium middle Middle-earth Middle Earth terra Terran terrestrial
Translations
of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region
Albanian: sq mesdhetar
Armenian: hy միջերկրական
Asturian: ast mediterraneu
Belarusian: be міжземнаморскі
Catalan: ca mediterrani
Czech: cs středozemní, cs středomořský
Dutch: nl mediterraan
Esperanto: eo mediteranea
Finnish: fi välimerellinen, fi Välimeren
French: fr méditerranéen
Galician: gl mediterráneo
Georgian: ka ხმელთაშუაზღვისპირა, ka ხმელთაშუა ზღვის, ka ხმელთაშუა
German: de mediterran
Greek: el μεσογειακός
Hebrew: he ים תיכוני yám-tikhoní
Hindi: hi भूमध्य
Hungarian: hu mediterrán
Irish: ga Meánmhara, ga Meánmhuirí
Italian: it mediterraneo
Latin: la mediterraneus
Macedonian: mk средоземен, mk средоземноморски, mk медитера́нски
Malay: ms mediteranean
Maltese: mt Mediterran
Occitan: oc mediterranèu
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk штредожемни, rsk стредожемни, rsk медитерански
Persian: fa مدیترانهای meditarâne-'i
Polish: pl śródziemnomorski
Portuguese: pt mediterrânico, pt mediterrâneo
Romanian: ro mediteranean, ro mediteran
Russian: ru средиземноморский, ru средиземный
Serbo-Croatian: sh mediteran
Sicilian: scn miditirraniu
Spanish: es mediterráneo
Swedish: sv medelhavs medelhavs-, sv mediterran
Ukrainian: uk середземномо́рський
Vietnamese: vi Địa Trung Hải
Volapük: vo Zänodamelik
Yiddish: yi מיטלענדיש
Proper noun
1
en @ellipsis of:Mediterranean Sea sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.
en region r/Southern Europe and r/North Africa and r/West Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
en vacationing in the Mediterranean
Derived terms
en American Mediterranean American Mediterranean Sea w:Battle of the Mediterranean Blue Mediterranean Key of the Mediterranean Red Mediterranean
Translations
Mediterranean Sea
region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea
Catalan: ca conca del Mediterrani f
Czech: cs Středomoří n
Dutch: nl Middellandse Zee n
Finnish: fi Välimeren alue
French: fr Bassin méditerranéen m, fr Monde méditerranéen m
Galician: gl rexión mediterránea f
Greek: el Μεσόγειος f
Indonesian: id Mediterania
Macedonian: mk Медитера́н m, mk Средоземје n
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Медитеран m, rsk Штредожемє n, rsk Стредожемє n
Polish: pl Śródziemnomorze n
Portuguese: pt região do Mediterrâneo f, pt Mediterrâneo m
Russian: ru Средиземномо́рье n
Thai: th เมดิเตอร์เรเนียน
Ukrainian: uk Середземномо́р'я n
Welsh: cy Canoldir m
Noun
~
en countable en Mediterranid.
en uncountable en Mediterranean food a style of food originating from the (often European or Near Eastern, as opposed to African) lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
en Foods