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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Mediter(r)an(e, a. Also: -ayne, -en. [L. mediterrān -us, e.m.E. mediterrane (Hakluyt, 1598).] Mediterranean. —c1420 Wynt. i. 1249, etc. (see Mer). — 1531 Bell. Boece I. xxiv.
Passand … throw the seis Mediterrane c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1551.
Thare wes none sey Mediterrane 1589 Gray Lett. & P. 176.
The Mediterran Yberick sea 1632 Lithgow Trav. 77.
Now Creta comes, the Mediterren queene
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