MIDDLE EASTERN

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in the Middle East

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Middle 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)

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