Levantine
Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈlɛvəntaɪn/
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/ˈlɛvəntiːn/
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ˈlɛvəntaɪn
Adjective
Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean.
Usage- not-comparable
- Antonyms
- Ponentine
- Examples
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More examples (1)
[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 intent on subjecting the world to its murderous brand of Wahhabi Islam.
Noun
Synonym of Franco-Levantine.
Adjective
of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants
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the Levantine coast
Noun
(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
- Broader terms
Word forms
Levantines