Near East
noun
an indefinite geographical or regional term, usually referring to the countries of SW Asia, including Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia and the other nations of the Arabian Peninsula.Compare Middle East(def 1).
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British Dictionary definitions for near east
Near East
noun
another term for the Middle East
(formerly) the Balkan States and the area of the Ottoman Empire
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Culture definitions for near east
Near East
A region in western Asia and northeastern Africa, often considered the same as the Middle East.
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