Near East
English
Proper noun
- The region located south of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia.
Usage notes
Definitions vary between different academic areas, the term originally being applied to the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire. The term is generally deprecated, in favour of Middle East.
Related terms
Translations
region in Asia
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