levant

Speech parts

1. levant - Noun

2. levant - Adjective

3. levant - Verb

4. Levant - Proper noun

Meaning

Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.

The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.

A levanter (the wind so called).

Eastern.

To run away from one's debts; to decamp.

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Assyrian and Akkadian traders spread the use of writing in the form of the Mesopotamian cuneiform script to Asia Minor and The Levant (modern Syria and Lebanon ). Source: Internet

Collier's squadron was distracted with Levant while Constitution made another escape from overwhelming forces. Source: Internet

At their height, the Assyrians dominated all of the Levant, Egypt, and Babylonia. Source: Internet

Another well-known archaeological example of the almond is the fruit found in Tutankhamun 's tomb in Egypt (c. 1325 BC), probably imported from the Levant. Source: Internet

Archaeological analysis of wild emmer indicates that it was first cultivated in the southern Levant with finds dating back as far as 9600 BCE. Source: Internet

Byzantine control over the sites of Israel and Judah and other parts of the Levant lasted until 636, when it was conquered by Arabs and became a part of the Caliphate. Source: Internet

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