levant

English - Turkish

Definition of levant in English Turkish dictionary: {i} doğu Akdeniz ülkeleri; (isim) doğu Akdeniz ülkeleri; (fiil) borçlarını ödemeden kaçmak; {f} borçlarını ödemeden kaçmak
levant viper: (Ticaret) Koca engerek
Levant sparrowhawk: (Kuşbilim) Yaz atmacası, yoz atmaca
levant sparrowhawk: Yoz atmaca
crude levant storax: (Gıda) ham sığla yağı
Levantine: Yakın Doğu'ya ait
Levantine: Yakın Doğu'lu kimse
Levantine: {s} Doğu Akdeniz bölgesine/halkına özgü
Levantine: (sıfat) Levanten
Levantine: {i} tatlısu frengi
Levantine: {i} Avrupa asıllı yakındoğulu
Levantine: {i} Doğu Akdenizli
Levantine: {i} Levanten
the Levant: Doğu Akdeniz bölgesi

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of levant in Turkish Turkish dictionary: Bir fındık çeşidi

English - English

Definition of levant in English English dictionary: The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea variously:
c. Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt.; To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts; Rising, of an animal; Disappearing or absconding after losing a bet; {a} eastern, lying up the Mediterranean; an old name for the area of land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea, including Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and parts of Turkey. Historical name for the countries along the shores of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It was applied to the coastlands of Anatolia and Syria, sometimes extending from Greece to Egypt. The term was often associated with Venetian trading ventures. It was also used as a synonym for the Middle or Near East. In the 16th-17th centuries the term High Levant referred to the Far East (East Asia). The name Levant States was given to the French mandate of Syria and Lebanon after World War I (1914-18); {i} countries located on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea; The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea variously; Called also leucophanite; Historically, the countries along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean; \Le"vant\, n Former name of geographical area in the eastern Mediterranean a 1: rising or having risen from rest, as of cattle 2: (obs) eastern v to run off without paying one's debts; to decamp; Eastern; a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding; {f} flee unpaid debts, escape in order to avoid paying debts (British Slang); One of certain very; [chiefly Brit] to run away from a debt; See Couchant and levant, under Couchant; the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding run off without paying a debt The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents; Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin; the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel; A levanter (the wind so called); The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters; Having white or silvery foliage; run off without paying a debt; Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle; a highly polished, loose grained, morocco; A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green; To run away from one's debts; to decamp; A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine; A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness,with viscid juices and cold sweats
levant viper: (Ticaret) Macrovipera lebetina (Common names: blunt-nosed viper, Lebetine viper, Levant viper) is a venomous viper species found in North Africa, much of the Middle East, and as far east as Kashmir
Levant sparrowhawk: (Kuşbilim) The Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers
levant cotton: Old World annual having heart-shaped leaves and large seeds with short grayish lint removed with difficulty; considered an ancestor of modern short-staple cottons
Levantine: Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean
levantine: {a} pertaining to the eastern part of the Mediterranean sea
Levantine: {i} resident of the Levant (countries on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea)
Levantine: {s} of or pertaining to the Levant (countries on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea)
levanted: past of levant
levantine: A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine
levantine: of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the Levantine coast"
levantine: Called also leucophanite
levantine: Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin
levantine: A native or inhabitant of the Levant
levantine: (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
levantine: A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness,with viscid juices and cold sweats
levantine: (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the Levantine coast" The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents
levantine: One of certain very
levantine: Of or pertaining to the Levant
levantine: Having white or silvery foliage
levantine: A stout twilled silk fabric, formerly made in the Levant
levantine: A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green
levantine: (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the Levantine coast"
levantine: The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents

levant

Hyphenation

Le·vant

Turkish pronunciation

lıvänt

Pronunciation

/ləˈvant/ /ləˈvænt/

Etymology

[ l&-'vant ] (intransitive verb.) 1797. French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”), from levis (“light, not heavy”).