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Definition of Levant

Levant
Levant Le"vant (l[=e]"vant), a. [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
Levant
Levant Le*vant" (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), n. [It. levante the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr. levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever.] 1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters. 2. A levanter (the wind so called).
Levant
Levant Le"vant (l[=e]"vant; 277), a. Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton.

Meaning of Levant from wikipedia

- The Levant (/ləˈvænt/ lə-VANT) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west and core West Asia, or by the political term, Middle...
- مروان عبد الحميد; born October 6, 2000), known professionally as Saint Levant (French: [sɛ̃ ləvɑ̃]; Arabic: سانت ليفانت), is a Palestinian singer-songwriter...
- The Southern Levant is a geographical region that corresponds approximately to present-day Palestine, Israel, and Jordan; some definitions also include...
- Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television talk...
- The Levant is the area in Southwest Asia, south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Arabian Desert in the south...
- Look up levant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Levant is a region in the eastern Mediterranean, including the Southern Levant. Levant may also...
- Ezra Isaac Levant (born February 20, 1972) is a Canadian media personality, political activist, writer, broadcaster, and former lawyer. Levant is the founder...
- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), and by its Arabic...
- names of the Levant, a large area in the Near East, or its constituent parts. These names have applied to a part or the whole of the Levant. On occasion...
- The first USS Levant was a second-class sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. Levant was launched on 28 December 1837 by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned...