Mediterranean
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Of or characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea, the countries bordering it, or their inhabitants.
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the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
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of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea
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Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage; a Mediterranean plant.
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The Mediterranean Sea.
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The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
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The term Mediterranean usually refers to anything related to the Mediterranean Sea, the region around it or its climate. This could involve countries bordering the Mediterranean, the unique cultural aspects of these places, or the mild, typically warm and dry climate common to regions around the Mediterranean Sea. The term originates from Latin Mediterraneus, meaning in the middle of the land.
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inland; remote from the ocean
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of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage
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med-i-tėr-rā′ne-an, 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. [L., medius, middle, terra, earth.]
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inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa
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