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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mediterranean  \Med`i*ter*ra"ne*an\,  a.  [L.  mediterraneus;  medius 
  middle  +  terra  land.  See  {Mid},  and  {Terrace}.] 
  1.  Inclosed,  or  nearly  inclosed,  with  land;  as  the 
  Mediterranean  Sea,  between  Europe  and  Africa. 
 
  2.  Inland;  remote  from  the  ocean.  [Obs.] 
 
  Cities,  as  well  mediterranean  as  maritime. 
  --Holland. 
 
  3.  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  Mediterranean  Sea;  as 
  Mediterranean  trade  a  Mediterranean  voyage. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Mediterranean 
  adj  :  of  or  relating  to  or  characteristic  of  or  located  near  the 
  Mediterranean  Sea;  "Mediterranean  countries"  [syn:  {Mediterranean}] 
  n  :  the  largest  inland  sea;  between  Europe  and  Africa  and  Asia 
  [syn:  {Mediterranean},  {Mediterranean  Sea}] 




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