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mediterranean
/ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/
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What does mediterranean mean?
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.
noun
- Synonym of Mediterranid.
- Ellipsis of Mediterranean food, a style of food originating from the (often European or Near Eastern, as opposed to African) lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
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proper noun
- Ellipsis of the Mediterranean Sea: a sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.
- A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and West Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/
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“I will add,” I continued, “that a similar barrier exists between Gibraltar and Ceuta, which in geological times formed the entire Mediterranean.”
And then suddenly I emerged in full sight of the Mediterranean, with the calm blue heavens resting over the deep blue sea.
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This piratic power having got the dominion and control of all the Mediterranean, there was left no place for navigation or commerce.
Having crossed the Mediterranean, she proceeded up the course of the Nile until she had reached the upper waters of this river.
But the great legend of the Mediterranean, the legend of traditional song and grave history, lives, fascinating and immortal, in our minds.