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middle_east has definitions from the fields of Middle East,geography
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[ noun ] (Middle East,geography) the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to North Africa and east to Iran; the site of such civilizations as Phoenicia, Babylon, Egypt; birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

Synonyms

mideast Near_East

Examples

"the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"

Used in print

(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)

In the Middle_East , Iraq , Syria and Egypt were , a short while ago , in the Western camp .

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