Middle East
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (dated) The region between the Near East and the Far East.
- The region comprising Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa.
Etymology
Compound from English middle + English east.
Origin
English
east
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eastie English
- Eastville English
- Middleburg English
- Middlebury English
- anteromiddle English
- east English
- eastabout English
- eastbound English
- eastie English
- easting English
- eastly English
- eastmost English
- eastside English
- eastward English
- eastwards English
- middle English
- middleborn English
- middlebox English
- middlebreaker English
- middlebrow English
- middlebuster English
- middlegame English
- middleman English
- middlemost English
- middleness English
- middleperson English
- middler English
- middlesome English
- middlestream English
- middleware English
- middleweight English
- middlewoman English
- middling English
- middlish English
- northeast English
- est French
- イースト Japanese
- est Middle English
- middel Middle English
- esto Ido
- east
- Eastie
- eastly
- middle
- eastie
- middler
- easting
- eastside
- eastmost
- eastward
- middlish
- middling
- eastwards
- middlebox
- Eastville
- northeast
- eastabout
- middleman
- eastbound
- middlebrow
- middleware
- middleborn
- middlemost
- Middleburg
- middleness
- Middlebury
- middlesome
- middlegame
- middlewoman
- middleweight
- anteromiddle
- middleperson
- middlestream
- middlebuster
- middlebreaker