Near East
an indefinite geographical or regional term, usually referring to the countries of southwestern Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia and the other nations of Arabia.: Compare Middle East (def. 1).
Compare Meanings
Click for a side-by-side comparison of meanings. Use the word comparison feature to learn the differences between similar and commonly confused words.
Origin of Near East
1Other words from Near East
- Near Eastern, adjective, noun
Words that may be confused with Near East
- Far East, Middle East, Near East
Words Nearby Near East
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use Near East in a sentence
The god with horns—half human, half beast—is commonplace throughout the ancient Near East.
Agate was widely used to carve high-value objects like signets and cylinder seals in the ancient Near East.
Spain’s New ‘Holy Grail’: Jesus Couldn’t Afford That Kind of Bling | Candida Moss | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“They overplayed their hand,” said Middle East scholar David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
How the Chuck Hagel Fight Changed the American Jewish Landscape in Washington | J. J. Goldberg | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“The Muslim Brotherhood is steeling for a fight,” says Trager, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
“I am the Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy,” Ross said in an email on Friday.
The former were bound on a short journey to the Near East and were to support us until we parted company.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonIn the Near East, coffee manners and customs are much the same today as they were fifty or even one hundred years ago.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersCoffee is the most popular and most extensively used non-alcoholic beverage in Greece, as it is throughout the Near East.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersThe concept of the dying god, so widespread in the ancient Near East, is found nowhere else in Indian mythology.'
The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry | W. G. ArcherIn 1846 Barrot made a tour in the Near East, returning in time to take part a second time in the preliminaries of revolution.
British Dictionary definitions for Near East
another term for the Middle East
(formerly) the Balkan States and the area of the Ottoman Empire
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for Near East
A region in western Asia and northeastern Africa, often considered the same as the Middle East.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse