Levant

Definition

An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.

Etymology

Borrowed from French levant (“rising, sun's point of rising”), form of lever (“to rise”), from Latin levō (“to rise”) (cf. also the present participle levāns), from levis (“light, not heavy”).

Example Sentences

• "[I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold."