Mediterranean

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin mediterrāneus, from medius (middle) + terra (earth, land) + -āneus (adjectival suffix).

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Adjective

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Mediterranean (comparative more Mediterranean, superlative most Mediterranean)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and the region around it.

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Proper noun

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the Mediterranean

  1. Ellipsis of Mediterranean Sea; a sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.
  2. A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

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Noun

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Mediterranean (plural Mediterraneans)

  1. Synonym of Mediterranid