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LEVANTINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Levantine mean?
• LEVANTINE (noun)
The noun LEVANTINE has 1 sense:
1. (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
Familiarity information: LEVANTINE used as a noun is very rare.
• LEVANTINE (adjective)
The adjective LEVANTINE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants
Familiarity information: LEVANTINE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Levantine" is a kind of...):
aboriginal; aborigine; indigen; indigene; native (an indigenous person who was born in a particular place)
Holonyms ("Levantine" is a member of...):
Levant (the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel)
Derivation:
Levantine (of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
the Levantine coast
Pertainym:
Levant (the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel)
Derivation:
Levantine ((formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant)
Context examples
An English hero of the road would be the next best thing to an Italian bandit; and that could only be surpassed by a Levantine pirate.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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