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:  [edit]

majjistral tramuntana
(xmiel) 		grigal
punent
(għarb) 		lvant
(xerq)
lbiċ nofsinhar
(qibla) 		xlokk
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