Mēd'i-ter-rāne'1, a.
Mediterranean. [Obs.]
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Mediterranean
Mēd'i-ter-rā'ne-an or Mēd'i-ter-rā'ne-ōŭs2, a.
[Lat. mediterraneus, from medius, middle, and terra, land; Fr. méditerrané, Pr. mediterrane, Sp. & It. mediterraneo.]
Sense 1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.
Sense 2. Inland; remote from the ocean or sea; as, mediterraneous mountains.
Sense 3. (Geog.) Pertaining to, or living about, the Mediterranean Sea.