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Levantines (Latin Christians)
This article is specifically about Latin Christians in the Levant. Other ethnic groups in the Levant are covered under their individual names.
Levantines or Franco-Levantines (; French: Levantins; Italian: Levantini; Greek: Φραγκολεβαντίνοι Frankolevantini; Turkish: Levantenler or Tatlısu Frenkleri) are Latin Christians who lived under the Ottoman Empire. The term is also applied to their descendants living in modern Levant ( Lebanon, Syria) and Turkey.