Definitions for near east
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Near′ East′(n.)
a geographical region usu. considered to encompass the countries of SW Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the other nations of the Arabian Peninsula.
Category: Geography (places)
Ref: Compare Middle East (def. 1). 1
Near′ East′ern(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
Middle East, Mideast, Near East(noun)
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"
Wiktionary
Near East(ProperNoun)
The region located south of Eastern Europe, comprised of Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia.
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