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Levant (general region) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 34 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 036 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Generally refers to the area along the eastern coasts of the Mediterranean, from western Greece to western Egypt; specifically corresponding typically to modern Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel. |
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Levant (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Syro-Palestine (C,V,English,U,N)
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Levantine (C,V,English,U,A)
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Levante (C,U,Spanish)
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Levantenio (C,U,Esperanto)
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Outremer (C,U,French)
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سوريا التاريخية (C,U,Arabic)
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الشام (C,U,O,Arabic)
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بلاد الشام (C,U,Arabic)
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شام (C,U,Arabic)
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