Near East
Definition of Near East
- 1. 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 Noun
Synonyms for word "near east"
Semanticaly linked words with "near east"
- operation desert storm
- arab-israeli war
- six-day war
- six day war
- yom kippur war
- zarf
- pita
- pocket bread
- falafel
- felafel
- geographic area
- geographic region
- geographical area
- geographical region
- mashriq
- fertile crescent
- israel
- sion
- state of israel
- yisrael
- zion
- arab republic of egypt
- egypt
- united arab republic
- iran
- islamic republic of iran
- persia
- al-iraq
- irak
- iraq
- republic of iraq
- levant
- hashemite kingdom of jordan
- jordan
- koweit
- kuwait
- state of kuwait
- lebanese republic
- lebanon
- kingdom of saudi arabia
- saudi arabia
- syria
- syrian arab republic
- republic of turkey
- turkey