middle east

Noun middle east has 1 sense

• middle east(n = noun.location) mideast, near east - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
has particulars: mashriq
has parts: fertile crescent, israel, israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion, arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic, iran, islamic republic of iran, persia, al-iraq, irak, iraq, republic of iraq, levant, hashemite kingdom of jordan, jordan, koweit, kuwait, state of kuwait, lebanese republic, lebanon, kingdom of saudi arabia, saudi arabia, syria, syrian arab republic, republic of turkey, turkey

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