# Levant
## English
### 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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɛv.ənt/
* (General American) IPA: /ləˈvɑnt/, /lɛvɑnt/, /ləˈvænt/
* Rhymes: -ænt

### Proper noun

Levant
* 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).
    Synonyms: Mashreq, Greater Syria

#### Coordinate terms

* Maghreb (western Mediterranean, literally “where the sun sets”)

#### Derived terms

* Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
* Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
* Levantine

#### Translations
### Noun

Levant (plural Levants)
* An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea
    Synonym: levanter
* A type of leather.
** 1976, Geoffrey Wolff, Black Sun, New York Review of Books, published 2003, page 173:[I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold.

#### Further reading

* Levant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Levant (wind) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* -valent, valent, vental

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French Levant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ləˈvɑnt/, /leːˈvɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Le‧vant
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

### Proper noun

Levant m
* Levant (a region of Western Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea)
** 1836, Nicolaas G. van Kampen, De Levant of Mohammedaansch Azië, vol. 3, publ. by de erven François Bohn, page 223.
    De hoofd- of liever de eenige stad des eilands, van denzelfden naam, sedert den moord van 1822 de schaduw niet meer van hetgeen zij vroeger was, plagt eene der beste plaatsen van de Levant te zijn.The capital - or rather the only city of the island, of the same name, no longer the shadow of what it formerly was since the murder of 1822, used to be one of the best settlements of the Levant.
** 2008, Klaas Vansteenhuyse, Culturen gaan altijd ten onder. De zeevolkeren in het Middellandse Zeegebied (1200 voor Christus), vol. 3, Davidsfonds (publ.).
    Deze hebben een algemene vorm die goed verspreid was in de Levant tijdens de late bronstijd.These have a general shape that was widespread in the Levant during the Late Bronze Age.

#### Derived terms

* Levantijns

## French
### Etymology

See levant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lə.vɑ̃/

### Proper noun

Levant m
* (dated) Orient (the countries of Asia)
* Levant (a region of Western Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea)
    Antonym: Ponant

#### Derived terms

* État islamique en Irak et au Levant
* levantin
* Levantin

### Anagrams

* lavent, valent

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lěʋant/
* Hyphenation: Le‧vant

### Proper noun

Lèvant m (Cyrillic spelling Лѐвант)
* Levant (a region of Western Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea)

#### Declension
## Turkish

Picture dictionary :
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### Proper noun

Levant
* Levant (a region of Western Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea)