Definitions for Levant

Levant le·vant

Spelling: [li-vant]
IPA: /lɪˈvænt/

Levant is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 125 anagrams from letters in Levant (aelntv).

Definitions for Levant

noun

  1. the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
  2. Also called Levant morocco. a superior grade of morocco having a large and prominent grain, originally made in the Levant.

verb (used without object)

  1. to leave secretly or hurriedly to avoid paying debts.

Origin of Levant

1750-60; perhaps Spanish levantar to lift (Compare levantar el campo to break camp, leave), frequentative of levar Latin levāre

Examples for Levant

The 'levant' is where the sun is levant, raising himself up.

Turkey—and the northern half of Cyprus, occupied by its troops since 1974—have been largely left out of the levant Basin boom.

An easing of tensions between al Qaeda and ISIS presents dangers for America in its military campaign in the levant.

What future crises are we now creating in Gaza and the levant?

The levant is already a far cry from the cosmopolitan melting pot it once was.

I bought it for two rose nobles from a shipman who came from the levant.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, joining in the chorus, severely berates Tehran for its role in the levant.

They helped very greatly to develop the trade of the levant.

Besides, she is the most active missionary agency in the levant.

levant monks, apathy of, with reference to priceless books, 209.

Word Value for Levant
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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