Levant (disambiguation)
The Levant is a region in the eastern Mediterranean, including the Southern Levant.
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Levant may also refer to:
Places
- Levant Island, a French island in the Mediterranean
- Levant, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Thomas County, Kansas, USA
- Levant, Maine, a town in Penobscot County, Maine, USA
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as ISIS and Daesh.
Surname
- Alma Levant Hayden (1927–1967), born Alma Levant, American chemist
- Brian Levant (born 1952), American film and television producer, director, and writer
- Ezra Levant (born 1972), Canadian political commentator
- Jack LeVant (born 1999), American freestyle swimmer
- Kate Levant (born 1983), American sculptor and conceptual artist
- Oscar Levant (1906–1972), American musician, author, and actor
Fictional characters
- Levant, protagonist of the video game Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu
- Levant, one of the main characters in the video game Hexyz Force
Ships
- HMS Levant (1758), a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1758 and broken up by 1780
- HMS Levant (1813), a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1813
- USS Levant (1837), sloop-of-war in the United States Navy (1837–1860)
Other uses
- Levant (wind), a wind in eastern Spain and southern France
- The Levant (poem), an epic poem by Mircea Cărtărescu
- Levant Company, an English company formed to trade with the Middle East
- Levant Mine and Beam Engine, an engine at a tin mine on the western coast of Cornwall
- Levant sparrowhawk, bird of prey
- Levant, an academic journal published by the Council for British Research in the Levant
- Morocco leather, also known as Levant, a soft, pliable form of leather
- Levant, the eastern tower of the Les Mercuriales twin towers in Paris, France
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See also
- Levante (disambiguation)
- Levanter (disambiguation)
- Levantine (disambiguation)
- Levent (name)
- Levente (disambiguation)
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