Levantine
/ˈlɛvəntaɪn/
Levantine adjective: of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean.
Adjective
Levantine (not comparable)
- Of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean.
- [O]ne minute this "Jihadi John" was struggling to get by, and get accepted, in drizzly England, unemployed with a mortgage to pay and a chip on his shoulder, and the next he stands in brilliant Levantine sunlight, where everything is clear and etched, at the vanguard of some Sunni Risorgimento...2014 November 17, Roger Cohen, “The horror! The horror! The trauma of ISIS [print version: International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times
- Antonyms:
- Ponentine
Noun
Levantine (plural Levantines)
- Synonym of Franco-Levantine.
- Synonyms:
- Franco-Levantine
Levantine meaning in Bengali and Arabic
Levantine in Bengali
- of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean
- শামী śamī
Levantine in Arabic
- of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean
- شَامِيّ šāmiyy
Synonyms of Levantine
Antonyms
- Ponentine
Forms of Levantine
| plural | Levantines |
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Origin of Levantine
From Levant + -ine (“of”).
Phrases with Levantine
Questions about Levantine
- What does Levantine mean?
- Levantine means of the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean.
- What is Levantine in Bengali?
- Levantine in Bengali is শামী (śamī). See Levantine meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is Levantine?
- Levantine can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Levantine?
- Levantine is pronounced /ˈlɛvəntaɪn/.
Words near Levantine in the dictionary
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