Mediterranean
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mediterrāneus, from medius (“middle”) + terra (“earth, land”) + -āneus (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/, [mɛɾəɾəˈɹeɪnɪən], [mɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnjən]
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective edit
Mediterranean (comparative more Mediterranean, superlative most Mediterranean)
- Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and the region around it.
Derived terms edit
- familial Mediterranean fever
- medicane
- Mediterranean anchovy
- Mediterranean anemia
- Mediterranean back
- Mediterranean Basin
- Mediterranean blue
- Mediterranean climate
- Mediterranean coast fever
- Mediterranean cypress
- Mediterranean Deep Water
- Mediterranean diet
- Mediterranean disease
- Mediterranean eddy
- Mediterranean erythematous fever
- Mediterranean exanthematous fever
- Mediterranean fan palm
- Mediterranean fever
- Mediterranean flour moth
- Mediterranean forest
- Mediterranean front
- Mediterranean fruit fly
- Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean gecko
- Mediterranean gull
- Mediterranean hackberry
- Mediterranean-hemoglobin E disease
- Mediterranean house gecko
- Mediterranean Irish
- Mediterranean Irishman
- Mediterraneanise
- Mediterraneanize
- Mediterranean lenses
- Mediterranean lingua franca
- Mediterranean lymphoma
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Mediterraneanness
- Mediterranean outflow
- Mediterranean pine
- Mediterranean race
- Mediterranean recluse spider
- Mediterranean region
- Mediterranean Revival Style architecture
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterranean shearwater
- Mediterranean snapdragon
- Mediterranean spearfish
- Mediterranean spotted fever
- Mediterranean Squadron
- Mediterranean States
- Mediterranean Station
- Mediterranean Theater of Operations
- Mediterranean theileriosis
- Mediterranean triad
- Mediterranean tropical cyclone
- Mediterranean water
- Mediterranean water shrew
- Mediterranean wood
- Protomediterranean
- submediterranean
Related terms edit
Translations edit
Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and the region around it
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Proper noun edit
the Mediterranean
- Ellipsis of Mediterranean Sea; a sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.
- A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Derived terms edit
- American Mediterranean
- Battle of the Mediterranean
- Blue Mediterranean
- Key of the Mediterranean
- Red Mediterranean
Translations edit
Mediterranean Sea — see Mediterranean Sea
region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea
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Noun edit
Mediterranean (plural Mediterraneans)
- Synonym of Mediterranid