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near east is a noun meaning "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". It carries one recorded sense.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for near east come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.