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Levant

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Levant

Former name for the eastern Mediterranean region or, more specifically, the Mediterranean coastal regions of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Palestine.



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There is one paper published here in the English language--The Levant Herald--and there are generally a number of Greek and a few French papers rising and falling, struggling up and falling again.
Before he entered upon his new duties he wished to take a holiday, and, having no private means, he went as surgeon on a tramp steamer to the Levant.
Then, when no one was near, he took out books for himself; and perhaps because the first impression on his mind was made by an Eastern town, he found his chief amusement in those which described the Levant.
 
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