levanter

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levanter

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* (wind): Levant + -er; Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France.

* (person): levant + -er

noun levanters

An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
Similar: Levant
One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

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noun an easterly wind

Español	levante
Ελληνικά	λεβάντες levántes

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@misc{levanter_2026,
  title = {levanter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/levanter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}