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   Levant

   /lɪˈvant/

   • 1. the eastern part of the Mediterranean with its islands and neighbouring countries.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French, literally ‘rising’, present participle of lever ‘to lift’ used as a noun in the sense ‘point of sunrise, east’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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