Synonyms for Middle East
mid·dle east

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1. Middle Eastnoun

   Synonyms:
   Mideast

2. Middle Eastnoun

   The region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa.

   Synonyms:
   Mideast

Princeton's WordNet

1. Middle East, Mideast, Near Eastnoun

   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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1. Hala Abdel Malak:

   What's happening right now all over the US is fear and division, unfortunately the image that we have of the Middle East and the Arab world is connected to fear.

2. Liu Xiaojiang:

   Besides its original missions of a possible war with Taiwan, maritime defense in the Middle East and South China seas, it’s also foreseeable that the PLA Navy’s mission will expand overseas, including protection of China’s national security in the Korean peninsula, the country’s maritime lifelines, as well as offshore supply deports like in Djibouti and Gwadar port in Pakistan.

3. Chief Executive Carlos Tavares:

   Africa and the Middle East are historic markets for PSA and the region is expected to become a profitable driver of our internationalisation.

4. Rex Tillerson:

   I recognize there are many pressing challenges in the Middle East, but defeating ISIS is the United States' No. 1 goal in the region, when everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. We must continue to keep our focus on the most urgent matter at hand.

5. Nasser Bourita:

   I think it is clear that the interference of Iran in the internal affairs of the Arab and Muslim countries won’t stop in (the) Middle-East and in the Gulf Countries.