levant
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noun
1.
the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
2.
Also called Levant morocco. a superior grade of morocco having a large and prominent grain, originally made in the Levant.
Origin:
1490–1500; earlier levaunt < Middle French levant, noun use (with reference to rising sun) of present participle of lever to raise (se lever to rise). See lever
1490–1500; earlier levaunt < Middle French levant, noun use (with reference to rising sun) of present participle of lever to raise (se lever to rise). See lever
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levant1 (lɪˈvænt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a type of leather made from the skins of goats, sheep, or seals, having a pattern of irregular creases | |
| [C19: shortened from Levant morocco (type of leather)] | |
| levant2 (lɪˈvænt) | |
| —vb | |
| (Brit) (intr) to bolt or abscond, esp to avoid paying debts | |
| [C18: perhaps from Spanish levantar (el campo) to break (camp)] | |
| Levant (lɪˈvænt) | |
| —n | |
| the Levant a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel | |
| [C15: from Old French, from the present participle of lever to raise (referring to the rising of the sun in the east), from Latin levāre] | |
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| Main Entry: | levant |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See aram sandwich |
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Word Origin & History
Levant
"Mediterranean lands east of Italy," 1497, from M.Fr. levant "the Orient," from prp. of lever "to rise" (from L. levare "to raise;" see lever). The region so called in allusion to the direction of sunrise.
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