Lexicographical Neighbors of Levantines
Literary usage of Levantines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... according to the manner of the levantines, with a veil without a collar, which
reaches down to the knees, ..."
2. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"... levantines—Their characteristics—The Greeks—Their commercial enterprise—The
English—The Army of Occupation—Anglo-Egyptian officials—Feelings entertained ..."
3. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"The Turkish language is little understood in Egypt. (8). levantines. A link
between the various classes of dwellers in Egypt and tie visitors to the banks ..."
4. Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c.: And of a Cruise in the Black Sea by Sir Adolphus Slade (1833)
"... distrust of the Turks of witnesses, unavoidable when those witnesses are
levantines, would be overcome, for the English character is high in the East. ..."
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