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Definition of the levant in Turkish Turkish dictionary

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Definition of the levant in English English dictionary

Levant
The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea variously:

c. Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt.

levant
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts
levant
Rising, of an animal
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{a} eastern, lying up the Mediterranean
Levant
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)
Levant
{i} countries located on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea
Levant
The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea variously
levant
Disappearing or absconding after losing a bet
levant
Called also leucophanite
levant
Historically, the countries along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean
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\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
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Eastern
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a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
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{f} flee unpaid debts, escape in order to avoid paying debts (British Slang)
levant
One of certain very
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[chiefly Brit] to run away from a debt
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See Couchant and levant, under Couchant
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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
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Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin
levant
the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon and Syria and Israel
levant
A levanter (the wind so called)
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The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters
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Having white or silvery foliage
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run off without paying a debt
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Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle
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a highly polished, loose grained, morocco
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A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green
levant
To run away from one's debts; to decamp
levant
A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine
levant
A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness,with viscid juices and cold sweats
the levant

    Hyphenation

    the Le·vant

    Turkish pronunciation

    dhi lıvänt

    Pronunciation

    /ᴛʜē ləˈvant/ /ðiː ləˈvænt/
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