are sometimes called Levantines, though the term is normally used to describe the Levant population more widely.

Etymology

The term Levant appears in English in 1497, and originally meant "the East" or "Mediterranean lands east of Italy". It is borrowed from the French levant "rising", referring to the rising of the sun in the east, or the point where the sun rises. The phrase is ultimately from the Latin

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