Levant

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

Λεβάντες

λεβάντες

Τουρκία

Ανατολή

ανατολική μεσόγειος

λεβάντε

Εγγύς Ανατολή

Συνώνυμα

Levant morocco

Turkey

🦃

Hagia Sophia

Near East

Maiden’s Tower

Μεταφράσεις

Levant

Levant

levante

Levante

Levante

بلاد الشام

Levante

اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ

levant

مَشْرِق

République de Turquie

République turque

Turquie

🇹🇷

شرق

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈlɛv.ənt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”).