Near East, n.
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
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Middle East Mideast Near East
sample sentences
"the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
semantic pointers
member of this domain (region)
Operation Desert Storm
Arab-Israeli War, Six-Day War, Six Day War
Arab-Israeli War, Yom Kippur War
zarf
pita, pocket bread
falafel, felafel
instance hypernym
instance hyponym
part meronym
Fertile Crescent
Israel
Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion
Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic
Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia
Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak
Levant
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit
Lebanon, Lebanese Republic
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Syria, Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey, Republic of Turkey