The countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.

(heraldry) Rising, of an animal. / (law) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle. / (poetic) Eastern.

A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.

An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic. / One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.

plural of levanter

present participle of levant

plural of levant

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of levant

simple past tense and past participle of levant