English noun: Middle East |
1. | Middle East (location) 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 |
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| Samples | The Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization.
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| Synonyms | Mideast, Near East |
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| Instance hypernym | geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region |
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| Instance hyponym | Mashriq |
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| Part holonym | Al-Iraq, Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt, Fertile Crescent, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Irak, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Israel, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Koweit, Kuwait, Lebanese Republic, Lebanon, Levant, Persia, Republic of Iraq, Republic of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Sion, State of Israel, State of Kuwait, Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Republic, Yisrael, Zion |
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| Domain region members | Arab-Israeli War, Arab-Israeli War, falafel, felafel, Operation Desert Storm, pita, pocket bread, Six Day War, Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, zarf |
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