Mideast

[ mid-eest ]

noun

1. Middle East.

Mideast

/ ˌmɪdˈiːst /

noun

1. See Middle East
   another name for Middle East

Other Words From

• Mideastern adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mideast¹

First recorded in 1940–45; mid- + east

Example Sentences

The spearpoint spread, appearing 300,000 years ago in East Africa and the Mideast, then 250,000 years ago in Europe, wielded by Neanderthals.

From Singularity Hub 

A small collection of bones from a site in the Mideast seems to have a mix of archaic and Neanderthal-like features, suggesting that the bones may be related to the source of archaic DNA in the Neanderthal lineage.

From Ars Technica

You can tell a program has had a long NCAA tournament drought when it played in the Mideast bracket in its previous appearance.

From Washington Post

The idea was to prevent Beijing from dominating the region as an energy exporter while weakening the influence of Mideast countries and Russia.

From ProPublica

And the reasons for that suggest just how densely complicated the Mideast quagmire has become.

From The Daily Beast

Mideast expert Schanzer also sees the fight required as a huge undertaking.

From The Daily Beast

The usually uninformed American citizens can be forgiven for being mystified by the Mideast policy prescriptions of their leaders.

From The Daily Beast

Six hundred years of Mideast history are now fully and finally shredding.

From The Daily Beast

Now ISIS controls one third of a state in the Mideast, and is plotting attacks against America.

From The Daily Beast