Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mediterranean

Mediterranean , adjective

[Latin mediterraneus; medius middle + terra land. See Mid, and Terrace.]

1.
Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.
2.
Inland; remote from the ocean. [Obsolete]
Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime. — Holland
3.
Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage; a Mediterranean plant.