Near East

English 300px|thumb|Green: The modern archaeological and historical Near EastLime: The wider Near East Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Near East.wav Southern England Proper noun Near East en Q48214en historical en The <<geographic region>> of <<r/Western Asia>> located southeast of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, and Arabia. Usage notes Definitions vary between different academic areas, the term originally being applied to the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire. Outside of historical studies, the term is generally deprecated in favour of en Middle East. However, the term en Near East or en Ancient Near East is still commonly preferred when discussing the region in ancient times. Derived terms en Ancient Near East en Near Eastern Related terms en Middle East en Western Asia Translations region in Asia Afrikaans: af Nabye Ooste Arabic: ar شَرْق أَدْنَى m Armenian: hy Մերձավոր Արեւելք Belarusian: be Блі́зкі Усхо́д m Bulgarian: bg Бли́зък Изто́к m Catalan: ca Pròxim Orient m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 近東 Jìndōng Czech: cs Blízký východ m Danish: da Nærorienten Dutch: nl Nabije Oosten n Esperanto: eo Proksimoriento, eo Proksima Oriento Estonian: et Lähis-Ida Finnish: fi Lähi-itä French: fr Proche-Orient m Georgian: ka ახლო აღმოსავლეთი German: de Naher Osten m Greek: el Εγγύς Ανατολή f Hungarian: hu Közel-Kelet Irish: ga Neasoirthear m an Neasoirthear Italian: it Vicino Oriente m Japanese: ja 近東 きんとう, Kintō Kazakh: kk Таяу Шығыс Khmer: km ដើមបូព៌ា Korean: ko ^근동 Latin: la Oriens Proximus m Macedonian: mk Близок Исток m Malay: ms Timur Dekat Polish: pl Bliski Wschód m Portuguese: pt Oriente Próximo m, pt Próximo Oriente m Russian: ru Бли́жний Восто́к m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Блиски исток m Latin: sh Bliski istok m Spanish: es Oriente Próximo m, es Próximo Oriente m, es Cercano Oriente m, es Oriente Cercano m Swedish: sv Främre Orienten Tagalog: tl Malapit na Silangan Turkish: tr Yakın Doğu Ukrainian: uk Близьки́й Схід m Vietnamese: vi Cận Đông Welsh: cy y Dwyrain Agos m Anagrams en aaeenrst arsenate arsetane asterane serenata