Levant

Etymology
Borrowed from, form of , from (cf. also the present participle ), from.

Proper noun

 * 1) The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

Translations

 * Arabic: مَشْرِق, اَلْمَشْرِق اَلْعَرَبِيّ,, الشَّام,
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali: শাম
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 累范特,
 * Czech: Levanta
 * Danish: Levanten
 * Dutch: Levant
 * Esperanto: Levantenio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Middle French: Levant
 * Galician: Levante
 * Georgian: ლევანტი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: לֶבַנְט
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic: Austurlönd nær
 * Irish: an Leiveaint
 * Italian: Levante
 * Japanese: レバント, レヴァント
 * Korean: ^레반트
 * Malay: Syam
 * Manx: Levaant
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Levanten
 * Nynorsk: Levanten
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Лѐвант
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: Шом
 * Thai: ลิแวนต์
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Лева́нт, Шам
 * Urdu: شام
 * Uzbek: Shom
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * 1) An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea
 * 2) A type of leather.
 * 1) A type of leather.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1836, Nicolaas G. van Kampen, De Levant of Mohammedaansch Azië, vol. 3, publ. by de erven François Bohn, page 223.
 * "nl"
 * "nl"

- De hoofd- of liever de eenige stad des eilands, van denzelfden naam, sedert den moord van 1822 de schaduw niet meer van hetgeen zij vroeger was, plagt eene der beste plaatsen van de Levant te zijn.


 * 1) * 2008, Klaas Vansteenhuyse, Culturen gaan altijd ten onder. De zeevolkeren in het Middellandse Zeegebied (1200 voor Christus), vol. 3, Davidsfonds (publ.).
 * "nl"

- Deze hebben een algemene vorm die goed verspreid was in de Levant tijdens de late bronstijd.

Etymology
See.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Orient (the countries of Asia)