Northern Levant

The Kingdom of Northern Levant is a sovereign parliamentary monarchy located in the Middle East. It is composed of the northern part of the Levant region, the island of Cyprus, and the territory of the Suez Canal. The kingdom's mainland borders Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan, Iraq, and Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. The Suez Canal territory is surrounded by Egypt, which has partial control over the region.

Etymology
The word "Levant" is borrowed from the French word meaning "rising." The area has typically been depicted, by European sources, as the area whim the direction from which the sun rises. Other languages incorporate the rising of the sun into the region's name, such as the German word "Morgenland" which means "Morning land." The kingdom's specific name comes from the geographic location f it within the Levant, taking up the majority of its northern lands and thus earning it the title "Northern Levant." The official title of the country is the "Kingdom of Northern Levant, Cyprus, and the Suez." In government, it is referred to shortly as the "Kingdom of Northern Levant," sometimes even just "Northern Levant." An inhabitant of the country is called a "Levanti," with the plural being "Levantis." The adjective form of the name is "Levanti."