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From the Latin name 'Mediterraneus', following the belief that this sea was in the middle of the Earth. Using the words 'medius' meaning 'middle' and 'terra' meaning 'land or earth'

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Mediterraneus in the Latin language has the sense of "in the middle of the lands".

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