Levant

Definitions

1. 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).
2. An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.
3. A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
4. A type of leather.

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Examples

“I see⟳ by the newspapers that the Mediterranean Fleet is leaving Malta for the Levant.”

“[I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold.”

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