mediterranean

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adjective Surrounded nearly or completely by dry land. Used of large bodies of water, such as lakes or seas.

from The Century Dictionary.

• In the midst of an expanse of land; away from the sea; inland.
• Nearly or quite surrounded by land; existing in the midst of inclosing land; confined or cut off by a bordering of land: used specifically [capitalized] as the name of the sea between Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, or (substantively) the Mediterranean, and rarely otherwise.
• [capitalized] Pertaining to, situated on or near, or dwelling about the Mediterranean Sea: as, the Mediterranean currents; the Mediterranean countries or races.
• Same as Iberian, 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• adjective Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land.
• adjective obsolete Inland; remote from the ocean.
• adjective Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia
• adjective of or relating to or characteristic of or located near the Mediterranean Sea