Near East – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Near East
Middle East, countries in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa
Near East
Near East is a geographical term that roughly encompasses
Western Asia. Despite having varying definitions within different academic circles, the term was originally applied to the maximum extent of the
Ottoman Empire. The term has fallen into disuse in
English, and has been replaced by the term
Middle East.
Near East
Noun
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; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
(synonym) Middle East, Mideast
(hypernym) geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
(hyponym) Mashriq
(part-meronym) Fertile Crescent
(class) Operation Desert Storm
Near East
Synonyms and related words:
Africa, America, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East, Levant, Middle East, New World, Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, West, Western Hemisphere, continent, down under, eastland, landmass, the old country
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
NEAR EAST
VICINO ORIENTE [BALCANI E TURCHIA]
