Levant
(noun) the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
Levant, Levant morocco
(noun) a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
levant
(verb) run off without paying a debt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Levant
The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).
Antonym: Maghreb
An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea
Synonym: levanter
• -valent, valent, vental
levant (plural levants)
A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
levant (third-person singular simple present levants, present participle levanting, simple past and past participle levanted)
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
levant (not comparable)
(heraldry) Rising, of an animal.
(legal) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
(poetic) Eastern.
• -valent, valent, vental
Source: Wiktionary
Le"vant, a. Etym: [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law)
Definition: Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
Le*vant", n. Etym: [It. levante the point where the sum 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).
Le"vant, a.
Definition: Eastern. [Obs.] Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. Milton.
Le*vant", v. i. Etym: [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.]
Definition: To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
