Levante (Spain)

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Spanish Levant

In Spain , the term Levante ( Spanish for the direction of the compass “east”, derived from sunrise , from levantarse , “to rise”) denotes the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula and its hinterland, especially the coastal landscapes of the former kingdoms of Valencia and Murcia . In Catalan , the varieties of which are spoken in large parts of the Spanish Levant, the name is Llevant . An area on the east coast of Mallorca is also called Levante / Llevant .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Los nombres del viento , in: tiempo.com (Spanish weather portal), accessed in July 2018 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Keyword levante in the RAE dictionary (Spanish).
  3. ↑ Keyword llevant in the Gran Diccionari de la llengua catalana (Catalan).