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Levant¹

  • /ləˈvænt/
  • /ləˈvɑnt/ US
  • /lɪˈvɑnt/ US
  • /ləˈvænt/ US

Rhymes with -ænt

Where it comes from

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”).

proper noun the Levant

  1. 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). I see by the newspapers that the Mediterranean Fleet is leaving Malta for the Levant.

    Similar: Mashreq, Greater Syria

proper noun

  1. A census-designated place in Thomas County, Kansas.
  2. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.

noun Levants

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

    Similar: levanter

  2. A type of leather. [I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold.

levant²

  • /lɪˈvænt/

Where it comes from

Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea. Ultimately from Latin levō + -ant.

noun levants

  1. A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.

verb levants · levanting · levanted

  1. To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. In a mighty little time their husbands played them false and, taking whatever they could lay hands upon, levanted and left them in the lurch.

levant³

  • /ˈlɛvənt/

Where it comes from

From French levant.

adjective

  1. not comparable Rising, of an animal. Crest, a stag regardant levant argent.
  2. not comparable Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
  3. not comparable, poetic Eastern. Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds.

    Similar: oriental, eastern · Opposite: occidental, western, ponent

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: syria, iraq, damascus, orient, mesopotamia, east, raise, lift, wormseed, storax, levante, oriente, near east, greater syria, middle east, west asia

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name the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea

EspañolLevante
한국어레반트 Rebanteu
日本語レバント Rebanto, レヴァント Revanto
中文累范特 Lèifàntè, 黎凡特 Lífántè
हिन्दीशाम śām
PortuguêsLevante
FrançaisLevant
DeutschLevante
ItalianoLevante
ΕλληνικάΛεβάντες Levántes
РусскийЛева́нт Levánt
العربيةمَشْرِق mašriq, اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ al-mašriq al-ʕarabiyy, اَلشَّرْق aš-šarq, الشَّام aš-šām, بِلَاد الشَّامِ bilād aš-šāmi
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@misc{levant_2026,
  title = {levant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/levant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}