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Middle East
[ mid-l eest ]
noun
- Also called Mideast. (loosely) the area from Libya east to Afghanistan, usually including Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other countries of Arabia.
- (formerly) the area including Iran, Afghanistan, India, Tibet, and Myanmar (Burma).
Middle East
noun
- (loosely) the area around the E Mediterranean, esp Israel and the Arab countries from Turkey to North Africa and eastwards to Iran
- (formerly) the area extending from the Tigris and Euphrates to Myanmar
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- Middle Eastern adjective noun
- Middle Easterner noun
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Example Sentences
While in government, my daily preoccupations were with blood-drenched rivalries in the Balkans, Caucasus, Africa, and Middle East.
Integrating Bahrain more fully into the economies of the broader Middle East is, therefore, a necessity that we expect will pay dividends for our future generations.
And, more broadly, regional politics in the greater Middle East have changed dramatically in recent years.
They went on to become involved in activism around reproductive rights, Middle East peace, and environmental justice during their college years at North Carolina State University and the College of William and Mary.
After decades of being mainly focused on serving Middle East clients, the acquisition of DPO Group allows Network International boost its Africa operations.
According to Pew, 14 of the 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa have blasphemy laws.
Sales are best in Asia, London, the Middle East, and Russia.
Many more illegal migrants face labor trafficking in Europe as they flee the conflict regions of North Africa and the Middle East.
But still the Middle East conflict does cause tension between many in these two communities.
Yes, that was a while ago, but in the Middle East, after all, 45 years is no time at all.
You could not wish to purchase freedom in India at the price of enslavement in the middle East.
Jewish servicemen were barred from certain Middle East countries.
The field covered is thus virtually the entire Near and Middle East.
They want to kill Americans, kill democracy in the Middle East, and gain the weapons to kill on an even more horrific scale.
A free Iraq will show millions across the Middle East that a future of liberty is possible.
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