Definitions of Middle East
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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“the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization”
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Mashriq
Arabic name for the Middle East
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geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
a demarcated area of the Earth
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Mashriq
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