Middle East

English thumb|the Middle East (the modern sense). Etymology From en middle East formed in English, modeled on en Far East and en Near East. First use appears c. 1876. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Middle East.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 middle east en Q7204en geopolitics en The geopolitical <<region>> at the intersection of <<cont/Asia,Africa,Europe>>, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey Middle East. en Alayna Treene Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/trump-persian-gulf-change 2025-05-07 The expected announcement is tied to his trip to the Middle East next week, where he’ll visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the officials said. https://web.archive.org/web/20250721163800/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/trump-persian-gulf-change en geopolitics dated The region between the Near East and the Far East. en 1920 House of Commons The Parliamentary Debates 455 Well, what may happen in the Middle East? I agree there are uncertainties, but when he was condemning the policy of the Government with regard to the Turkish peace, had he thought for a moment of the financial effect of the policy which he advocated? 128 April 21 w:Austen Chamberlain Budget proposals, Committee of Ways and Means Usage notes Sometimes including Afghanistan and Pakistan. Synonyms en Mideast Derived terms en Greater Middle East MENA Middle East respiratory syndrome Middle East Standard Time Middle East syndrome Middle Eastern Middle Eastern Time Middle Easterner Middle Easternism Middle Easternization Middle Easternize Descendants 2 desc ar الشَّرْق الْأَوْسَط 1 az Orta Şərq 1 be Сярэ́дні Усхо́д 1 ca Orient Mitjà 1 cs Střední východ 1 nl Midden-Oosten 1 fr Moyen-Orient 1 de Mittlerer Osten 1 el Μέση Ανατολή 1 it Medio Oriente 1 kk Орта Шығыс 1 mk Среден Исток 1 no Midtøsten 1 fa خاورمیانه xâvar-e-miyâne 1 pl Środkowy Wschód 1 pt Oriente Médio 1 ro Orientul Mijlociu 1 ru Сре́дний Восто́к 1 es Medio Oriente 1 sv Mellanöstern 1 tr Orta Doğu 1 tk Orta Gündogar 1 ur مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ maśriq-e vustā 1 ug ئوتتۇرا شەرق 1 uz Oʻrta Sharq 1 Translations region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey Afrikaans: af Midde-Ooste Albanian: sq Lindje e Mesme f, sq Lindja e Mesme f definite Amharic: am መካከለኛው ምሥራቅ Arabic: ar الشَّرْق الْأَوْسَط m, ar مَشْرِق m Hijazi Arabic: acw الشرق الأوسط m aš-šarg al-ʔawsaṭ Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܲܕ݂ܢܚܵܐ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ m Armenian: hy Մերձավոր Արեւելք, hy Միջին Արեւելք Azerbaijani: az Orta Şərq Belarusian: be Блі́зкі Усхо́д m, be Сярэ́дні Усхо́д m Bengali: bn মধ্যপ্রাচ্য Bulgarian: bg Бли́зък И́зток m Burmese: my အရှေ့အလယ်ပိုင်းဒေသ Catalan: ca Orient Mitjà m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 中東 Hokkien: nan-hbl 中東 Tiong-tang Mandarin: cmn 中東 Corsican: co Mediu Oriente m Crimean Tatar: crh Orta Şarq Czech: cs Blízký východ m, cs Střední východ m Danish: da Mellemøsten n Dutch: nl Midden-Oosten n Esperanto: eo Mezoriento, eo Meza Oriento Estonian: et Lähis-Ida Finnish: fi Lähi-itä French: fr Moyen-Orient m Galician: gl Oriente Medio m Georgian: ka ახლო აღმოსავლეთი, ka შუა აღმოსავლეთი German: de Naher Osten m, de Mittlerer Osten m Greek: el Μέση Ανατολή f Hebrew: he הַמִּזְרָח הַתִּיכוֹן m ha-mizrákh ha-tikhón Hindi: hi मध्य पूर्व m, hi मध्यपूर्व m Hungarian: hu Közel-Kelet Icelandic: is Mið-Austurlönd n Indonesian: id Timur Tengah Irish: ga Meánoirthear m an Meánoirthear Italian: it Medio Oriente m Japanese: ja 中東 ちゅうとう, Chūtō Kalmyk: xal Өөрхн Дорд үзг Kazakh: kk Орта Шығыс Khmer: km មជ្ឈិមបូព៌ា Korean: ko ^중동(中東) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوەڕاست Northern Kurdish: kmr Rojhilata Navîn Kyrgyz: ky Орто Чыгыш Lao: lo ຕາເວັນອອກກາງ Latin: la Oriens Medius m, la Medius Oriens m Latvian: lv Tuvie Austrumi m Lithuanian: lt Viduriniai Rytai m-p Low German: nds Nohe Ossen Macedonian: mk Близок Исток m, mk Среден Исток m Malay: ms Timur Tengah Māori: mi Rāwhiti Waenga Marathi: mr मध्यपूर्व m Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Ойрхи Дорнод Norman: nrf Mouoyen Orient m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Midtøsten n Nynorsk: nn Midtausten n Pashto: ps منځنی ختيځ m manjanǝy xatij Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira خاوَرِمِیانِه Polish: pl Bliski Wschód m, pl Środkowy Wschód m Portuguese: pt Oriente Médio m, pt Médio Oriente m Romanian: ro Orientul Mijlociu n Russian: ru Сре́дний Восто́к m, ru Бли́жний Восто́к m Scottish Gaelic: gd an Ear Mheadhan f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Блиски Исток m, sh Средњи Исток m Latin: sh Bliski Istok m, sh Srednji Istok m Slovak: sk Blízky východ m, sk Stredný východ m Slovene: sl Bližnji vzhod m, sl Srednji vzhod m Sotho: st Botjhabela Bohare Spanish: es Oriente Medio m, es Medio Oriente m Swedish: sv Mellanöstern n Tagalog: tl Gitnang Silangan Tajik: tg Ховари Миёна Tatar: tt Урта Көнчыгыш Thai: th ตะวันออกกลาง Tibetan: bo ཤར་གླིང་དབུས་མ Tigrinya: ti ማእከላይ ምብራቕ Turkish: tr Orta Doğu Turkmen: tk Orta Gündogar Ukrainian: uk Сере́дній Схід m, uk Бли́зький Схід m Urdu: ur مَشْرِقِ وُسْطیٰ m Uyghur: ug ئوتتۇرا شەرق Uzbek: uz Oʻrta Sharq Vietnamese: vi Trung Đông (vi 中東) Welsh: cy Dwyrain Canol m Yiddish: yi מיטעלער מיזרח m miteler mizrekh, yi מיטל מזרח m mitl mizrekh References Middle East n 118149 March 2002