Mediterranean
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
From Latin mediterrāneus (“inland”) [from medius (“middle”) + terra (“earth, land”) + -āneus (adjectival suffix)] + -an.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən/, [mɛɾɪtəˈɹeɪnɪən], [mɛdɪtəˈɹeɪnjən]
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Adjective
Mediterranean (comparative more Mediterranean, superlative most Mediterranean)
- Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.
Derived terms
- 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 dwarf palm
- 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 lens
- Mediterranean lenses
- Mediterranean Lingua Franca
- Mediterranean lingua franca
- Mediterranean lymphoma
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Mediterraneanness
- Mediterranean outflow
- Mediterranean parrotfish
- Mediterranean pine
- Mediterranean race
- Mediterranean recluse spider
- Mediterranean region
- Mediterranean Revival
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mediterranean shearwater
- Mediterranean snapdragon
- Mediterranean spearfish
- Mediterranean spotted fever
- Mediterranean Squadron
- Mediterranean States
- Mediterranean Station
- Mediterranean stinkbush
- Mediterranean stone pine
- Mediterranean Theater of Operations
- Mediterranean theileriosis
- Mediterranean triad
- Mediterranean tropical cyclone
- Mediterranean water
- Mediterranean water shrew
- Mediterranean wood
- Proto-Mediterranean
- proto-Mediterranean
- sub-Mediterranean
- submediterranean
Related terms
Translations
of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region
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Proper noun
the Mediterranean
- Ellipsis of the Mediterranean Sea: a sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.
- A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and West Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
- vacationing in the Mediterranean
Derived terms
Translations
Mediterranean Sea — see Mediterranean Sea
region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea
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Noun
Mediterranean (countable and uncountable, plural Mediterraneans)
- (countable) Synonym of Mediterranid.
- (uncountable) Ellipsis of Mediterranean food, a style of food originating from the (often European or Near Eastern, as opposed to African) lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.