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Near East

British pronunciation/nˌiəɹ ˈiːst/
American pronunciation/nˌɪɹ ˈiːst/
Near East
[NOUN]
1

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

synonyms : Middle East
Mideast
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Near East definition and meaning
Examples
1. This region is the Near East.
2. The Ottoman Empire spread across the Near East.
3. Actually, that's rubbish-- from the Near East.
4. The Amorite invasions of the near east took place in several phases.
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