Mediterranean
[,mɛdətə'renɪən]
Definition
(noun.) the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia.
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea; 'Mediterranean countries' .
Edited by Cheryl--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.
(a.) Inland; remote from the ocean.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Midland.
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Definition
adj. situated in the middle of earth or land: inland—also Mediterrā′neous.—Mediterranean Sea so called from being as it were in the middle of the land of the Old World.
Editor: Vicky
Examples
- Fish is one of the principal articles with which the North Americans trade to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We have great fleets in the Mediterranean, but they seldom touch at African ports. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Will you join us on a cruise in Mediterranean? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It drew together all the known world, excepting only the western Mediterranean, into one drama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was in all respects a characteristic Mediterranean day--faultlessly beautiful. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The centre of diffusion of wheat was somewhere in the eastern Mediterranean region. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Fourth of July was safe, as far as the Mediterranean was concerned. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Men may have navigated boats upon the Levantine lake before the refilling of the Mediterranean by the Atlantic waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had no knowledge of geography beyond the range of the Mediterranean basin and the frontiers of Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Meanwhile the Normans from Normandy were also finding their way into the Mediterranean from the West. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Ottoman Turk had even taken to the sea, and fought the Venetian upon his own Mediterranean waters. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were things in the way of thought of the dark-white Mediterranean race; they were congenial to that type. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were a number of such alphabets in the Mediterranean differing widely from each other. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But, meanwhile, in Egypt and upon the Mediterranean coast another system of writing grew up. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The same unimaginative quality made the Romans leave the seaways of the Mediterranean undeveloped. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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