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near east

 
Noun near east has 1 sense
  1. Middle East, Mideast, Near East - 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; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
    --1 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
    --1 has parts:
     Fertile Crescent; Israel; Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion; Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic; Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia; Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak; Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit; Lebanon, Lebanese Republic; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Syria, Syrian Arab Republic; Turkey, Republic of Turkey
    --1 has particulars: Mashriq
near-rock-star near-simultaneous near-synonymy near-term near-total near-vision near near beer near east near future near gale near miss near miss situation near thing near vision near ya feet nearby

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