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levanter

levanter noun: an Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.

Noun

levanter (plural levanters)

  1. An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
    Synonyms:
    Levant
  2. One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

levanter meaning in Tamil

levanter in Tamil

மத்தியதரைக் கடல் காற்று

Synonyms of levanter

Forms of levanter

plurallevanters

Origin of levanter

* (wind): Levant + -er; Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France. * (person): levant + -er

Questions about levanter

What does levanter mean?
Levanter means an Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic.
What is levanter in Tamil?
Levanter in Tamil is மத்தியதரைக் கடல் காற்று. See Levanter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is levanter?
Levanter is a noun.
What is the plural of levanter?
The plural of levanter is levanters.

Words near levanter in the dictionary

  1. Levant nut
  2. Levant nuts
  3. Levant sparrowhawk
  4. Levant sparrowhawks
  5. levanted
  6. levanter
  7. levanters
  8. Levantine
  9. Levantine Arabic
  10. Levantine Sea
  11. Levantines

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