Levant

noun3

1. •
   A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

   • I see by the newspapers that the Mediterranean Fleet is leaving Malta for the Levant. — 1948
2. •
   A type of leather.

   • [I]t was bound by G. Levitsky […] in turquoise Levant, stamped back and front with the Crosby crest in gold. — 1976
3. •
   An easterly wind, generally in the western Mediterranean Sea.