MEDITERRA'NE MEDITERRA'NEAN MEDITERRA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin medius, middle, and terra, land.] 1. Inclosed or nearly inclosed with land; as the Mediterranean sea, between Europe and Africa. [Mediterrane is not used.] 2. Inland; remote from the ocean or sea; as mediterraneous mountains.
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