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Levant [Ital.,=east], collective name for the countries of the eastern shore of the Mediterranean from Egypt to, and including, Turkey. The divisions of the French mandate over Syria and Lebanon were called the Levant States, and the term is still sometimes applied to those two nations.

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levant abscond, bolt; esp. of a debtor. XVIII. perh. f. levant in sl. phr. come the l., run or throw a l., make a bet with the intention of absconding if it is lost, ult. based on Levant, as in the F. phr. faire voile en Levant ‘to be stolne, filched, or purloyned away’ (Cotgr.). But cf. Sp. levantarse con algo seize something.

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Levant †the East; eastern part of the Mediterranean. XV. — F. levant, sb. use (‘point where the sun rises’) of prp. of lever rise (see LEVY).
So Levantine XVII.

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