mediterranean

adj

1. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and its surrounding region.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of the Mediterranean Sea: a sea between Europe and Africa, an inland branch of the Atlantic.
2. A region of Southern Europe and North Africa and West Asia. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.

   “vacationing in the Mediterranean”

noun

1. (countable)Synonym of Mediterranid.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of Mediterranean food, a style of food originating from the (often European or Near Eastern, as opposed to African) lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.