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Levantine
[ lev-uhn-tahyn, -teen, li-van-tin, -tahyn ]
noun
- Sometimes Offensive. a native of the Levant. the current entry.
levantine
/ ˈlɛvənˌtaɪn /
noun
- a cloth of twilled silk
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Other Words From
- Lev·an·tin·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Levantine1
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Example Sentences
And, in that case, you run the risk of having a long time to wait, for his Levantine seems to enjoy excellent health.
But the word—poor—represented absolutely nothing to the Levantine.
There is something in this Greek race yet; they will become a powerful Levantine nation in the course of time.'
Here was established the market of all northern products for the south, and of all southern and Levantine products for the north.
Polverine, pol′vėr-in, n. the calcined ashes of a Levantine and Syrian plant, used in glass-making.
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