The Levant and the Orient say the same thing in different languages — both mean "the rising place of the sun," pointing east from Europe.
The eastern part of the Mediterranean region, including modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine; also, a type of morocco leather.
From French levant (rising), present participle of lever (to raise), from Latin levāre (to raise, to lift), from levis (light). The Levant is literally the place where the sun rises — the East, the land of the rising sun, named from a European perspective looking eastward across the Mediterranean. Key roots: *legʷh- (Proto-Indo-European: "
The Levant and the Orient name the same direction using the same metaphor in different languages: both mean "the rising (place of the sun)." Latin oriens (rising, from orīrī, to rise) gives English orient, while French levant (rising, from lever, to raise) gives Levant. German Morgenland (morning-land) uses the same