Mideast

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mideast
       n : 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" [syn: {Middle East}, {Near East}]