Levant

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Levant morocco

Turkey

🦃

Hagia Sophia

Near East

Maiden’s Tower

Translations

Levant

Levant

levante

Levante

Levante

Λεβάντες

بلاد الشام

Levante

اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ

λεβάντες

Τουρκία

مَشْرِق

Εγγύς Ανατολή

شرق

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlɛv.ənt/

Etymology

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”).