The levant (Catalan: Llevant, Italian: Levante, Maltese: Lvant, Greek: u039Bu03B5u03B2u03ACu03BDu03C4u03B5u03C2, Spanish: Levante) is an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France, an example of mountain-gap wind. In Roussillon it is called "llevant" and in Corsica "levante"...
Disappearing or absconding after losing a bet; To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts; Rising, of an animal
To leave hurriedly or in secret to avoid unpaid debts. So you why see I capitalize Levant.
The area of modern day Israel and Lebanon, including the Jordan Valley and a small bit of Syria. This is primarily a geographic term.
A superior grade of Morocco leather, usually highly polished.