Noun
An
easterly
wind
,
generally
in
the
western
Mediterranean
Sea
Proper noun
The
countries
bordering
the
eastern
Mediterranean Sea
,
namely
Syria
,
Lebanon
,
Israel
,
Palestine
,
Jordan
and
Cyprus
(
and
sometimes
,
especially
in
a
historical
context
,
also
including
Turkey
and
Egypt
,
then
part
of
the
Ottoman Empire
).