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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
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 • Syn: Middle East, Mideast • Members of this Region: Operation Desert Storm, Arab-Israeli War, Six-Day War, Six Day War, Yom Kippur War, zarf, pita, pocket bread, falafel, felafel • Instance Hypernyms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region • Instance Hyponyms: Mashriq • Part Meronyms: Fertile Crescent, 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, Levant, Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Koweit, Lebanon, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Republic of Turkey
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