Mediterranean

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Inland; remote from the ocean.

II. Mediterranean ·adj Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage.

III. Mediterranean ·adj Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.

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