Levantine
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Levantine
- /ˈlɛvəntaɪn/
- /ˈlɛvəntiːn/
Where it comes from
From Levant + -ine (“of”).
adjective
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Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean.
[O]ne minute this "Jihadi John" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento inten
Opposite: Ponentine
noun Levantines
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Synonym of Franco-Levantine.
Similar: Franco-Levantine
Translations
Every language
adj of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean
| 中文 | 黎凡特的 Lífántè de |
|---|---|
| Português | levantino |
| Français | levantin |
| Deutsch | levantinisch, morgenländisch |
| Italiano | levantino |
| Ελληνικά | λεβαντίνος levantínos |
| Română | levantin |
| Русский | леванти́йский levantíjskij |
| العربية | شَامِيّ šāmiyy |
| עברית | לֶבַנְטִינִי |
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