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the Middle East

noun

🔊/ðə ˌmɪdl ˈiːst/

🔊/ðə ˌmɪdl ˈiːst/

(North American English also the Mideast)

[singular]

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an area that covers south-west Asia and north-east Africa, stretching from the Mediterranean to Pakistan and including the Arabian peninsula 中东（包括亚洲西南部和非洲东北部）compare Far East