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Riviera di Levante

Riviera di Levante comes from Italian riviera di levante.

  1. Italianc. 1300–presentriviera di levante
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1950Riviera di Levante

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Italianc. 1300–presentriviera di levante
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1950Riviera di Levante

Earliest quotation: 1950, The "Rome Express": “The next 54 miles to [La] Spezia are along…”

Today it means

name The eastern section of the Italian Riviera, otherwise known as the Levante Riviera, east of Genoa in Liguria, Italy.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Italian riviera di levante / Riviera di Levante