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Near East
[neer eest]
noun
an indefinite geographical or regional term, usually referring to the countries of southwestern Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia and the other nations of Arabia.
Near East
noun
another term for the Middle East
(formerly) the Balkan States and the area of the Ottoman Empire
Near East
A region in western Asia and northeastern Africa, often considered the same as the Middle East.
Other 51Թ Forms
- Near Eastern adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Near East1
Example Sentences
Matthew Levitt is a senior fellow and director of the program on counter-terrorism and intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
World Central Kitchen said that it was suspending operations in the territory, as did American Near East Refugee Aid, or Anera.
The poll, by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a generally pro-Israel research organization, surveyed 1,000 Saudis from Nov. 14 to Dec. 6.
Lifeway Research conducted the online survey in November for The Philos Project, a nonprofit promoting Christian engagement in the Near East.
This new study is based on DNA isolated from chicken bones that were excavated from 140 archaeological sites in Europe and the Near East.
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