Associations to the word «Mideast»

Wiktionary

MIDEAST, proper noun. The region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa.

Dictionary definition

MIDEAST, noun. 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".

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