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| Egypt |
a North African country on the Mediterranean and Red Seas; Arab Republic of Egypt. |
| etesian |
of or designating the annual northerly summer winds of the Mediterranean. |
| Europe |
a continent west of Asia and separated from it by the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, and the Caspian and Black Seas, and including the adjacent islands in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. [1/2 definitions] |
| felucca |
a small, narrow boat with one or two lateen sails, used on the Mediterranean and the Nile. |
| feta |
a soft white crumbly cheese, made of goat's milk and stored in brine, that originated in Greece and is a staple of eastern Mediterranean cuisine. |
| fig |
any of several broad-leafed trees native to the Mediterranean that bear oblong or pear-shaped soft fruit having many small seeds, or the fruit itself. [1/3 definitions] |
| France |
a West European country between Spain and Belgium, and the Atlantic and Mediterranean. |
| galiot |
a small, swift galley propelled by sails and oars, formerly used on the Mediterranean Sea. [1/2 definitions] |
| galleass |
a large, three-masted, heavily-armed fighting galley used in the Mediterranean in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. |
| Gaza Strip |
a disputed area on the east coast of the Mediterranean that was occupied by Israel in 1967. |
| Greece |
a Balkan country on the Mediterranean between the Aegean and Adriatic Seas. |
| henbane |
a hairy, malodorous, and poisonous plant of the Mediterranean area whose juice is used to make some medicines. |
| Italy |
a southern European country that occupies a boot-shaped Mediterranean peninsula and several adjacent islands. |
| kermes |
an evergreen oak tree of the Mediterranean on which this insect is found. [1/3 definitions] |
| lanner |
a species of Mediterranean falcon used in falconry, esp. the female. |
| laurel |
any of various evergreen trees or shrubs of the Mediterranean area, now cultivated in America, that have large, shiny, aromatic leaves and bear yellow flowers. [1/3 definitions] |
| Lebanon |
a Middle Eastern country on the eastern Mediterranean coast north of Israel. |
| leghorn |
(usu. cap.) any of a Mediterranean breed of domestic chicken raised for its ability to lay many white eggs. [1/3 definitions] |
| Levant |
the lands bordering or near the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, including Turkey, Syria, Israel, and Lebanon (usu. prec. by "the"). [1/2 definitions] |
| lingua franca |
a hybrid language made up of elements of Italian, Spanish, French, Greek, Arabic, and Turkish, spoken in certain Mediterranean port areas. [1/2 definitions] |
| Malta |
a Mediterranean island south of Sicily. [1/2 definitions] |
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