English [ edit ] The Middle East (modern sense).
Etymology [ edit ] Compound of middle east Far East Near East
Proper noun [ edit ] Middle East
The region between the Near East and the Far East .
1920 April 21, House of Commons, quoting Austen Chamberlain , “Budget proposals, Committee of Ways and Means”, in The Parliamentary Debates , volume 128, page 455:Well, what may happen in the Middle East ? I agree there are uncertainties, but when he was condemning the policy of the Government with regard to the Turkish peace, had he thought for a moment of the financial effect of the policy which he advocated?
The region comprising Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa . Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa
Afrikaans: Midde-Ooste
Amharic: መካከለኛው ምሥራቅ ( mäkakäläñaw məśraḳ )
Arabic: الشَّرْق الْأَوْسَط (ar) m ( aš-šarq al-ʾawsaṭ ) , مَشْرِق m ( mašriq )
Armenian: Մերձավոր Արեւելք ( Merjavor Arewelkʿ ) , Միջին Արեւելք ( Miǰin Arewelkʿ )
Azerbaijani: Orta Şərq
Belarusian: Блі́зкі Усхо́д m ( Blízki Usxód ) , Сярэ́дні Усхо́д m ( Sjarédni Usxód )
Bengali: মধ্যপ্রাচ্য ( môddhôpracjô )
Bulgarian: Бли́зък И́зток m ( Blízǎk Íztok )
Catalan: Orient Mitjà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中東 (zh) , 中东 (zh) ( Zhōngdōng )
Crimean Tatar: Orta Şarq
Czech: Blízký východ (cs) m Střední východ m
Danish: Mellemøsten (da)
Dutch: Midden-Oosten (nl) n
Esperanto: Mezoriento Meza Oriento
Estonian: Lähis-Ida
Finnish: Lähi-itä (fi)
French: Moyen-Orient (fr)
Georgian: ახლო აღმოსავლეთი ( axlo aɣmosavleti ) , შუა აღმოსავლეთი ( šua aɣmosavleti )
German: Naher Osten (de) m Mittlerer Osten m
Greek: Μέση Ανατολή (el) f ( Mési Anatolí )
Hebrew: הַמִּזְרָח הַתִּיכוֹן (he) ( ha-mizráḥ ha-tikhón )
Hindi: मध्य पूर्व ( madhya pūrv ) , मध्यपूर्व (hi) m ( madhyapūrv )
Hungarian: Közel-Kelet (hu)
Icelandic: Mið-Austurlönd
Indonesian: Timur Tengah (id)
Irish: an Meánoirthear m
Italian: Medio Oriente
Japanese: 中東 (ja) ( ちゅうとう, Chūtō )
Kalmyk: Өөрхн Дорд үзг ( Öörxn Dord üzg )
Kazakh: Орта Шығыс ( Orta Şığıs )
Khmer: មជ្ឈិមបូព៌ា ( macchɨm boupiə )
Korean: 중동(中東) (ko) ( Jungdong )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوەڕاست ( rojhellatî nawerrast )
Northern Kurdish: Rojhilata Navîn (ku)
Kyrgyz: Орто Чыгыш ( Orto Çığış )
Lao: ຕາເວັນອອກກາງ ( tā wen ʼǭk kāng )
Low German: Nohe Ossen
Macedonian: Бли́зок И́сток m ( Blízok Ístok ) , Сре́ден И́сток m ( Sréden Ístok )
Malay: Timur Tengah
Mongolian: Ойрхи Дорнод ( Oirkhi Dornod )
Norman: Mouoyen Orient m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Midtøsten (no)
Nynorsk: Midtausten
Pashto: منځنی ختيځ m ( manjanáy xatíj )
Persian: خاورمیانه (fa) ( xâvar-e-miyâne )
Polish: Bliski Wschód (pl) , Środkowy Wschód (pl) m
Portuguese: Oriente Médio (pt) , Médio Oriente (pt) m
Romanian: Orientul Mijlociu n
Russian: Сре́дний Восто́к m ( Srédnij Vostók ) , Бли́жний Восто́к (ru) m ( Blížnij Vostók )
Scottish Gaelic: an Ear Mheadhan f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Блиски Исток m Средњи Исток m
Roman: Bliski Istok m Srednji Istok m
Slovak: Blízky východ m Stredný východ m
Slovene: Bližnji vzhod m Srednji vzhod m
Sotho: Botjhabela Bohare
Spanish: Oriente Medio (es) , Medio Oriente (es) m
Swedish: Mellanöstern (sv)
Tagalog: Gitnang Silangan
Tajik: Ховари Миёна ( Xovari Miyona )
Tatar: Урта Көнчыгыш ( Urta Könçığış )
Thai: ตะวันออกกลาง (th) ( dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-glaang )
Tibetan: ཤར་གླིང་དབུས་མ ( shar gling dbus ma )
Tigrinya: ማእከላይ ምብራቕ ( maʾkälay məbraḳʰ )
Turkish: Orta Doğu (tr)
Turkmen: Orta Gündogar
Ukrainian: Сере́дній Схід m ( Serédnij Sxid ) , Бли́зький Схід m ( Blýzʹkyj Sxid )
Urdu: مشرق وسطی ( maśriq wasatī )
Uyghur: ئوتتۇرا شەرق ( ottura sherq )
Uzbek: Oʻrta Sharq
Vietnamese: Trung Đông (vi) (中東
Welsh: Dwyrain Canol
References [ edit ] 
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2002.