levant

A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and E

I see by the newspapers that the Mediterranean Fleet is leaving Malta for the Levant.

An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.

A type of leather.

[I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold.

A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.