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Levant (disambiguation)

The Levant is a region in the eastern Mediterranean, including the Southern Levant.

Levant may also refer to:

Places

  • Levant Island, a French island in the Mediterranean
  • Levant, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Thomas County, Kansas, USA
  • Levant, Maine, a town in Penobscot County, Maine, USA
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as ISIS and Daesh.

Surname

  • Alma Levant Hayden (1927–1967), born Alma Levant, American chemist
  • Brian Levant (born 1952), American film and television producer, director, and writer
  • Ezra Levant (born 1972), Canadian political commentator
  • Jack LeVant (born 1999), American freestyle swimmer
  • Kate Levant (born 1983), American sculptor and conceptual artist
  • Oscar Levant (1906–1972), American musician, author, and actor

Fictional characters

  • Levant, protagonist of the video game Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
  • Levant, one of the main characters in the video game Hexyz Force

Ships

  • HMS Levant (1758), a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1758 and broken up by 1780
  • HMS Levant (1813), a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1813
  • USS Levant (1837), sloop-of-war in the United States Navy (1837–1860)

Other uses

  • Levant (wind), a wind in eastern Spain and southern France
  • The Levant (poem), an epic poem by Mircea Cărtărescu
  • Levant Company, an English company formed to trade with the Middle East
  • Levant Mine and Beam Engine, an engine at a tin mine on the western coast of Cornwall
  • Levant sparrowhawk, bird of prey
  • Levant, an academic journal published by the Council for British Research in the Levant
  • Morocco leather, also known as Levant, a soft, pliable form of leather
  • Levant, the eastern tower of the Les Mercuriales twin towers in Paris, France

See also

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