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Mideast

American  
[mid-eest] / ˈmɪdˈist /

noun

  1. Middle East.


Mideast British  
/ ˌmɪdˈiːst /

noun

  1. another name for Middle East

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of Mideast

First recorded in 1940–45; mid- + east


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“This is not 2015,” said Fatima Abo Alasrar, a Yemen expert who writes at The Ideology Machine project, which explores Mideast propaganda and authoritarian governments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Appeared in the September 14, 2026, print edition as 'Widening Mideast Instability Squeezes Global Oil Supplies'.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

While shipping markets continue to price in disruptions well into 2027, “potential additional dark flows and price-sensitive China net crude imports may moderate the upside to crude oil prices even if Mideast disruptions last longer.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

TUI had issued a profit warning in April, weeks after the Mideast war forced it to repatriate 10,000 travellers, including 5,000 people stuck on two cruise ships in the Gulf.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

It later became an adoption agency, the finest in the Mideast.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

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