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Levant (wind)
The levant ((カタルーニャ語、バレンシア語:Llevant), (イタリア語:Levante), ( マルタ語:Lvant), (ギリシア語:Λεβάντες), (スペイン語:Levante)) is an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France, an example of mountain-gap wind. In Roussillon it is called "llevant" and in Corsica "levante". In the western Mediterranean, particularly when the wind blows through the Strait of Gibraltar, it is called the Viento de Levante or the Levanter. It is also known as the Solano.
When blowing moderately or strongly, the levant causes heavy swells on the Mediterranean. Usually gentle and damp, the levant frequently brings clouds and rain. When it brings good weather, it is known as the "''levant blanc''".〔Meteo-France website (in French) on "Vents regionaux and vents locaux"〕
The origin of the name is the same as the origin of the Levant, the region of the eastern Mediterranean: it is the Middle French word "levant", the participle of lever "to raise" — as in soleil levant "rising sun" — from the Latin levare. It thus referred to the Eastern direction of the rising sun.
==Etymology==
The name of the wind pattern comes from the ''levante'' ((スペイン語:east)), the perceived origin point of the rain, and it is used to describe both east and the wind coming from the east. The opposite of the levante is the ''poniente'' ((スペイン語:west)). Levante originates from the verb ''levantar'' ((スペイン語:to rise)) and refers to the fact that the sun rises from the east. In the same way, ''poniente'' comes from the verb ''poner'' (or ''ponerse'' in its intransitive form) ((スペイン語:to put down : lay down : lie down)) and refers to the fact that the sun sets in the west. Both of these terms, ''levante'' and ''poniente'', are commonly used in Spanish sea terminology to indicate directions, east and west, while at sea.
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