- (loosely) the area around the E Mediterranean, esp the countries of SW Asia and N Africa west of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan
- (formerly) the area extending from the Tigris and Euphrates to Myanmar
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Mid′dle East′,
- Place NamesAlso called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya E to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of the Arabian peninsula.
- Place Names(formerly) the area including Iran, Afghanistan, India, Tibet, and Burma.
Mid′dle East′erner.
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Middle East n
'Middle East' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Arab
- Aramaic
- bagnio
- bazaar
- Bronze Age
- Cairo
- Camp David
- cylinder
- djellaba
- Fertile Crescent
- Golan Heights
- hummus
- Iron Age
- kaftan
- kilim
- Middle Eastern
- Mideast
- Near East
- pitta bread
- Schwarzkopf
- souk
- tell
- Thutmose III
- Waite
- Wavell
- West Bank
- World War I
- zarf
- Arabic
- archaic Homo
- arrack
- assignment
- Aurignacian
- baksheesh
- caftan
- divan
- flatbread
- gook
- hamal
- Hashimite
- hot war
- Hurrian
- izar
- jereed
- kef
- me
- Neolithic
- oud
- petrodollars
- prepackage