Mediterranean
pronunciation
How to pronounce Mediterranean in British English:
UK [ˌmedɪtəˈreɪniən]
How to pronounce Mediterranean in American English:
US [ˌmɛdɪtəˈreniən, -ˈrenjən]
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- Noun:
- the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea
Word Origin
- Mediterranean
- "the sea between southern Europe and northern Africa," c. 1400, from Late Latin Mediterraneum mare "Mediterranean Sea" (7c.), from Latin mediterraneus "midland;" the original sense being of "sea in the middle of the earth," from medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)) + terra "land, earth" (see terrain). The Old English name was Wendel-sæ, so called for the Vandals, Germanic tribe that settled on the southwest coast of it after the fall of Rome. The noun meaning "a person of Mediterranean race" is from 1888.
Example
- 1. Camargue extends to the sunny shores of the mediterranean .
- 2. Free speech in a digital public square-not fringe violence-is what 's new under the mediterranean sun .
- 3. That cannot really be said about the mediterranean .
- 4. We want a peaceful , stable mediterranean .
- 5. Even holdouts such as the mediterranean countries are changing rapidly .