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LEVANTINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Levantine" is a kind of...):

aboriginal; aborigine; indigen; indigene; native (an indigenous person who was born in a particular place)

Holonyms ("Levantine" is a member of...):

Levant (the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel)

Derivation:

Levantine (of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants

Example:

the Levantine coast

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Levant (the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel)

Derivation:

Levantine ((formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant)

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