# Mediterranean Lingua Franca

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. Sabir, the pidgin Italian-based lingua franca spoken along the Mediterranean to facilitate trade from the 11th to the 19th centuries.

## Etymology
From the addition of Mediterranean to distinguish the particular sense of Lingua Franca from generic uses of the term.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mediterranean-lingua-franca