Definitions for levants

levants le·vant

Spelling: [li-vant]
IPA: /lɪˈvænt/

Levants is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 241 anagrams from letters in levants (aelnstv).

Definitions for levants

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 a superior grade of morocco having a large and prominent grain, originally made in the Levant.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 levants

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

Examples for levants

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for levants
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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