lvant

Maltese

Alternative forms
  • ilvant (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
  • vant (rarer variant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian livanti, from Latin levans.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /(ɪ)lˈvant/

Noun

lvant m

  1. east
    Synonym: (archaic) xerq

Coordinate terms
  • (compass points) punti tal-kumpass;
majjistral tramuntana
(xmiel)		 grigal
punent
(għarb)		 lvant
(xerq)
lbiċ nofsinhar
(qibla)		 xlokk
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