Levant

(Englisch)

Name

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

Noun

1. An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.
2. A type of leather.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈlɛv.ənt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).

Konzepte

Levante

Republik Türkei

Türkei

🇹🇷

Synonyme

Levant morocco

Turkey

🦃

Hagia Sophia

Near East

Maiden’s Tower

Übersetzungen

Levant

levante

Levant

Levante

Lewant

Λεβάντες

بلاد الشام

Levante

اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ

Εγγύς Ανατολή

مَشْرِق

Ανατολή

ανατολική μεσόγειος

λεβάντε

شرق