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Etymology

From Latin Mediterraneanus, from medius, middle, + terra, earth, land + adjective suffix -anus + adjective suffix -eanus

Adjective

Mediterranean (not comparable)

Positive Mediterranean

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)
  1. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and the region around it.

Derived terms

  • familial Mediterranean fever
  • Mediterranean anaemia, Mediterranean anemia
  • Mediterranean anchovy
  • Mediterranean back
  • Mediterranean Basin
  • Mediterranean climate
  • Mediterranean coast fever
  • Mediterranean cypress
  • Mediterranean Deep Water
  • Mediterranean diet
  • Mediterranean disease
  • Mediterranean disease
  • Mediterranean eddy
  • Mediterranean erythematous fever
  • Mediterraneanise, Mediterraneanize
  • Mediterranean house gecko
  • Mediterranean lenses
  • Mediterranean lymphoma
  • Mediterranean monk seal
  • 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 tropical cyclone
  • Mediterranean water
  • Mediterranean water shrew
  • Mediterranean wood

Related terms

Proper noun

the Mediterranean

  1. The Mediterranean Sea.
  2. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

Derived terms

Translations

Mediterranean Sea — see Mediterranean Sea region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea
  • Macedonian: Медитеран mk(mk) (Mediterán) m., Средоземје mk(mk) (Sredózemje) n.

 

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