| Levant 1. (a.) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant. 2. (n.) The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters. 3. (n.) A levanter (the wind so called). 4. (a.) Eastern. 5. (v. i.) To run away from one's debts; to decamp. Thesaurus Entries Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Middle East, Near East, New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country |