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mediterranean

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Mediterranean
1. short for the Mediterranean Sea
2. a native or inhabitant of a Mediterranean country
3. of, relating to, situated or dwelling on or near the Mediterranean Sea
4. denoting a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by slender build and dark complexion
5. Meteorol (of a climate) characterized by hot summers and relatively warm winters when most of the annual rainfall occurs
6. Obsolete situated in the middle of a landmass; inland

mediterranean [‚med·ə·tə′rā·nē·ən]
(geology)


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It was this, if I remember right: Jonah was swallowed by the whale in the Mediterranean Sea, and after three days he was vomited up somewhere within three days' journey of Nineveh, a city on the Tigris, very much more than three days' journey across from the nearest point of the Mediterranean coast.
From Salamis to Actium, through Lepanto and the Nile to the naval massacre of Navarino, not to mention other armed encounters of lesser interest, all the blood heroically spilt into the Mediterranean has not stained with a single trail of purple the deep azure of its classic waters.
Even in Broadway and Chestnut streets, Mediterranean mariners will sometimes jostle the affrighted ladies.
 
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