LEVANT

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

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Etymology

Proper noun

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

Anagrams

• -valent, valent, vental

Etymology 1

Noun

levant (plural levants)

A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.

Verb

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.

Etymology 2

Adjective

levant (not comparable)

(heraldry) Rising, of an animal.

(legal) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.

(poetic) Eastern.

Anagrams

• -valent, valent, vental

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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