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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.