Levant
The Levant is a region in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east.
- Region with about 44,600,000 residents
- …is also known as “Eastern Mediterranean”
- Description: geographic and cultural region consisting of the eastern Mediterranean between Anatolia and the Sinai Peninsula
- Neighbors
- Category: cultural region
- Location
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Latitude of center
33.82° or 33° 49′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
36.3° or 36° 18′ east
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Levant” goes by many names.
LevantAfrikaans
LevantiAlbanian
الشامArabic
المشرقArabic
سوريا الطبيعيةArabic
سوريا القديمةArabic
شرق المتوسطArabic
ԼեվանթArmenian
ԼևանթArmenian
ԼևանտArmenian
LevantArpitan
Llevante mediterraneuAsturian
LevantAzerbaijani
ЛевантBashkir
LevanteBasque
SortaldeBasque
ЛевантBelarusian
ঐতিহাসিক পূর্ব-ভূমধ্যসাগরীয় অঞ্চলBengali
পূর্ব ভূমধ্যসাগরীয় অঞ্চলBengali
লিভান্টBengali
শামBengali
LevantBosnian
Sav-HeolBreton
ЛевантBulgarian
ЛевантаBulgarian
LlevantCatalan
Llevant mediterraniCatalan
XamCatalan
شامCentral Kurdish
列万特Chinese
列凡特Chinese
利凡特Chinese
累範特Chinese
累范特Chinese
黎凡特Chinese
ЛевантChuvash
ŞamCrimean Tatar
LevantCroatian
LevantCzech
LevantaCzech
LevantenDanish
LevantDimli (individual language)
De LevantDutch
LevantDutch
الشامEgyptian Arabic
LevanteEsperanto
LevantenioEsperanto
LevantenoEsperanto
LevantenujoEsperanto
LevantEstonian
LevanttiFinnish
Levante mediterráneoGalician
ლევანტიGeorgian
ΛεβάντεςGreek
א-שאםHebrew
אלשאםHebrew
ארצות השאםHebrew
הלבאנטHebrew
הלבנטHebrew
השאםHebrew
לבאנטHebrew
לבנטHebrew
לבנטיניHebrew
לוואנטHebrew
לוונטHebrew
שאםHebrew
बिलाद अश-शामHindi
लवैन्टHindi
लेवंटHindi
शामHindi
LevanteHungarian
BotnalöndIcelandic
LevantoIdo
LevantIndonesian
LevanteInterlingue
An LeiveaintIrish
LevanteItalian
LevantiniItalian
Litorale LevantinoItalian
LevantJapanese
レヴァントJapanese
レバントJapanese
LevantJavanese
سرزمیٖن شامKashmiri
لیونٹKashmiri
ЛевантKazakh
ШамKazakh
레반트Korean
LevantKurdish
ŞamKurdish
LevansLatin
LevanteLatvian
LevantsLatvian
LevantLimburgan
LevanteLingua Franca Nova
LevantasLithuanian
LevantLuxembourgish
ЛевантMacedonian
AmpiposahanaMalagasy
Ampiposahana (faritra)Malagasy
LevantMalay
MasyrikMalay
SyamMalay
شامMalay
LevantMalayalam
ലെവന്റ്Malayalam
ശാംMalayalam
LevantMin Nan Chinese
ლევანტიMingrelian
LevantenNorwegian
LevantNorwegian Bokmål
LevantenNorwegian Bokmål
LevantenNorwegian Nynorsk
LevantOccitan (post 1500)
ܐܬܪܘܬܐ ܕܫܐܡOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ЛевантOssetian
ਸ਼ਾਮPanjabi
شامPersian
شاماتPersian
شرق طالعPersian
لوانتPersian
LewantPolish
LevantRomanian
Mediterana de EstRomanian
ЛевантRussian
ЛевантRusyn
شامSaraiki
LevantScots
ЛевантSerbian
LevantSerbo-Croatian
سر زمين شامSindhi
ليوانت (سر زمين شام)Sindhi
LevantaSlovak
LevantSlovenian
LiivoontSomali
ShaamSomali
شام (یورد)South Azerbaijani
لوانتSouth Azerbaijani
LevantenSwedish
LebanteTagalog
LevantTagalog
ШомTajik
லெவண்ட்Tamil
ЛевантTatar
LevantThai
LevantineThai
LevantinesThai
The LevantThai
บริเวณเลแวนต์Thai
ลิแวนต์Thai
เลแวนต์Thai
ལའེ་ཧྥན་ཐ།Tibetan
Doğu AkdenizTurkish
LevantTurkish
LewantTurkmen
ЛевантUkrainian
بلاد شامUrdu
خطہ شامUrdu
سرزمین شامUrdu
لیونٹUrdu
LevantUzbek
ShomUzbek
LevanteVenetian
Levante (rejon stòrega)Venetian
LevantVietnamese
LefantWelsh
LevantWestern Frisian
لیونتWestern Panjabi
莱万特地区Wu Chinese
黎凡特Wu Chinese
黎凡特Yue Chinese
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