# Levant vs Levine

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Levant
*name · IPA /ləˈvænt/ · frequency rank #22,139*
A cultural region of West Asia, consisting of the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean Sea, namely Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan and Cyprus (and sometimes, especially in a historical context, also including Turkey and Egypt, then part of the Ottoman Empire).

### Levine
*name · IPA /ləˈviːn/ · frequency rank #15,852*
A surname from Hebrew.

## Source
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