med·i·ter·ra·ne·an (m d -t -r n - n, -r n y n)adj. Surrounded nearly or completely by dry land. Used of large bodies of water, such as lakes or seas.
[Latin mediterr neus, inland : medius, middle; see medhyo- in Indo-European roots + terra, land; see ters- in Indo-European roots.] |
Mediterranean Adjective
of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between S Europe, N Africa, and SW Asia, or the surrounding region [Latin medius middle + terra land]
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| Noun | 1. | Mediterranean - the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and AsiaCyprus - an island in the eastern Mediterranean Crete, Kriti - the largest Greek island in the Mediterranean; site of the Minoan civilization that reached its peak in 1600 BC Corse, Corsica - an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France Malta - a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea Adriatic, Adriatic Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west Aegean, Aegean Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia Gulf of Sidra - wide inlet of the Mediterranean Sea on the north coast of Libya Ionian Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between western Greece and southern Italy Ligurian Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between northwest Italy and Corsica mare nostrum - (our sea) the Mediterranean to the ancient Romans Perejil - a small uninhabited Mediterranean islet claimed by both Morocco and Spain Tyrrhenian Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily |
| Adj. | 1. | Mediterranean - of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea; "Mediterranean countries" |
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