• the sea between Africa and Europe and the middle East with countries including spain, greece, italy, turkey, morocco etc. Usually mediterranean weather is hot and dry.


    Mediterranean meaning & definition 1 of Mediterranean.


  • [The sea] located between [Southern Europe] and Northern Africa, connected to the [Atlantic] Ocean. Literally the only place where summer should be spent.

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 2 of Mediterranean.


  • Of or characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea, the countries bordering it, or their inhabitants.

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 3 of Mediterranean.


  • the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 4 of Mediterranean.


  • of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 5 of Mediterranean.


  • Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage; a Mediterranean plant.

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 6 of Mediterranean.


  • The Mediterranean Sea.

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 7 of Mediterranean.


  • The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 8 of Mediterranean.


  • 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.

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 9 of Mediterranean.


  • inland; remote from the ocean

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 10 of Mediterranean.


  • of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 11 of Mediterranean.


  • 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.]

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 12 of Mediterranean.


  • inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa

    Mediterranean meaning & definition 13 of Mediterranean.

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