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Webster 1913 Edition

Mediterranean

Medˊi-ter-ra′ne-an

,

Adj.

[L.

mediterraneus

;

medius

middle +

terra

land. See

, and

.]

1.

Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land;

as, the

Mediterranean

Sea, between Europe and Africa

.

2.

Inland; remote from the ocean.

[Obs.]

Cities, as well

mediterranean

as maritime.

Holland.

Definition 2024

Mediterranean

Mediterranean

English

Adjective

Mediterranean ‎(comparative more Mediterranean, superlative most Mediterranean)

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

Derived terms

terms derived from Mediterranean (adjective)

Related terms

Translations

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

Armenian: միջերկրական (hy) ‎(miǰerkrakan)
Asturian: mediterraneu
Catalan: mediterrani
Czech: středozemní
Dutch: mediterraan (nl)
Esperanto: mediteranea
French: méditerranéen (fr)
Galician: mediterráneo
German: mediterran (de)
Greek: μεσογειακός (el) ‎(mesogeiakós)
Hebrew: ים תיכוני ‎(yám-tikhoní)
Hungarian: mediterrán (hu)
Irish: Meánmhara, Meánmhuirí

Italian: mediterraneo (it)
Macedonian: средоземен ‎(sredózemen), средоземноморски ‎(sredozemnomórski), медитерански ‎(mediteránski)
Malay: mediteranean
Maltese: Mediterran m
Polish: śródziemnomorski (pl)
Portuguese: mediterrânico, mediterrâneo (pt)
Romanian: mediteranean (ro), mediteran m
Russian: средиземноморский (ru) ‎(sredizemnomorskij), средиземный (ru) ‎(sredizemnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: mediteran
Sicilian: miditirràniu
Spanish: mediterráneo (es)
Swedish: medelhavs (sv)-
Volapük: Zänodamelik

Proper noun

Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Sea.
The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

Derived terms

American Mediterranean
Battle of the Mediterranean
Blue Mediterranean
Key of the Mediterranean
Red Mediterranean

Translations

Mediterranean Sea — see Mediterranean Sea

region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea

Czech: Středomoří n
Dutch: Middellandse Zee (nl) n
Finnish: Välimeren alue (fi)

French: Bassin méditerranéen m, Monde méditerranéen m
Greek: Μεσόγειος (el) f ‎(Mesógeios)
Macedonian: Медитеран m ‎(Mediterán), Средоземје n ‎(Sredózemje)
Portuguese: região do Mediterrâneo f, Mediterrâneo (pt) m