Mediterranean

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea

   Mediterranean countries

2. 2
   adj

   Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

3. 3
   name

   Ellipsis of the Mediterranean Sea: a sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.

4. 4
   name

   A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and Western Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

5. 5
   noun

   Synonym of Mediterranid.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mediterrāneus, inland, from medius (“middle”) + terra (“earth, land”) + -āneus (adjectival suffix).