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Definition of Levant
1. Noun. A heavy morocco often used in bookbinding.
2. Verb. Run off without paying a debt.
3. Noun. The former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Middle East, Mideast, Near East
Member holonyms: Levantine
Group relationships: Middle East, Mideast, Near East
Member holonyms: Levantine
Definition of Levant
1. a. Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
2. n. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
3. a. Eastern.
4. v. i. To run away from one's debts; to decamp.
Definition of Levant
1. to avoid a debt [v -ED, -ING, -S]