The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Western Asia.

What is the meaning of the word Levantine?

1. Levantine - (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant. Levant - the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.

What is the Levant in the Bible?

The term is often used in reference to the ancient lands in the Old Testament of the Bible (Bronze Age): the kingdoms of Israel, Ammon, Moab, Judah, Edom, and Aram; and the Phoenician and Philistine states. ... The Levant is the eastern Mediterranean area now covered by Israel, Lebanon, part of Syria, and western Jordan.