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Mediterranean1 definition

Medi·ter·ra·nean (med′ə tə rānē ən)

adjective

  1. Archaic
    1. far from the coast; inland: said of land
    2. surrounded, or almost surrounded, by land; landlocked: said of water
  2. of the Mediterranean Sea or nearby regions
  3. designating or of a physical type of the Caucasoid peoples exemplified by the long-headed, short, olive-skinned people living around the Mediterranean Sea
  4. ☆ designating or of a style of furniture made, as through the use of plastic moldings, to simulate the heavy wood, massive lines, and ornate carving of a kind of Renaissance furniture

Etymology: < L mediterraneus < medius, middle (see mid) + terra, land (see terrain)

noun

a Mediterranean person
Mediterranean2 definition

Medi·ter·ra·nean (med′ə tə rānē ən)

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