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Definition of Levantine

1. Noun. (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants. "The Levantine coast"

Definition of Levantine

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Levant.

2. n. A native or inhabitant of the Levant.

Definition of Levantine

1. Adjective. Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Levantine

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Levantine

Leukocytozoon Leukothea Leukovirus Leuwenhoek Lev's disease Lev's syndrome Lev. Lev Davidovich Bronstein Lev Davidovich Landau Lev Ivanov

Levaditi stain Levant Levant cotton Levant garlic Levant morocco Levantine Levantine Arabic Levenshtein distance Levenshtein distances Levi

Levi's Levi-Strauss Levin tube Levinea Levinea amalonatica Levinea diversus Levinea malonatica Levis Levisticum Levisticum officinale

Literary usage of Levantine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Bound in levantine morocco, blind filets ; lined with morocco, ... Bound in levantine morocco, without exterior ornamente ; lined with m rocco, ..."

2. The Rise of the Greek Epic: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at Harvard by Gilbert Murray (1911)
"The much-abused modern levantine owes his general bad name to habits which come ... The levantine, mixed as he is, is not largely influenced by fair- haired ..."

3. A Short History of the Near East: From the Founding of Constantinople (330 A by William Stearns Davis (1922)
"... XXXV EPILOGUE—THE END OF AN ERA IN levantine HISTORY It would be absurd in a narrative beginning with 330 AD to discuss with disproportionate detail the ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1878)
"NETTEN RADCLIFFE ON HOSPITAL HYGIENE AND THE FURTHER PROGRESS OF levantine PLAGUE; (2) DR. BALLARD ON EFFLUVIUM NUISANCES. THE statutory appointment of ..."

5. The Problem of Asia and Its Effect Upon International Policies by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"It must be observed that there is not in levantine Turkey any free waterway, such as in China is given by the Yang-tse-kiang, opening a constant, ..."

6. Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps: By which Italy Communicates with by William Brockedon (1836)
"Faido is one of the principal places of the Val levantine, but it is uninteresting both to the traveller and to the historian. The vine is cultivated as far ..."

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