English
The Middle East (modern sense).
Etymology
Compound of middle east Far East Near East
Proper noun
Middle East
( dated ) region between the Near East and the Far East .
1920 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 .
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Translations
region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa
Afrikaans: Midde-Ooste
Amharic: መካከለኛው ምሥራቅ ( mäkakäläñaw məśraḳ )
Arabic: الشَّرْق الْأَوْسَط m ( aš-šarq al-ʔawsaṭ ) , مَشْرِق m ( mašriq )
Armenian: Մերձավոր Արեւելք ( Merjavor Arewelkʻ ) , Միջին Արեւելք ( Miǰin Arewelkʻ )
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 ／ 中东 (zh) ( Zhōngdōng ) , 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
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 ( ちゅうとう, Chūtō )
Kalmyk: Өөрхн Дорд үзг ( Öörxn Dord üzg )
Kazakh: Орта Шығыс ( Orta Şyğys )
Khmer: មជ្ឈិមបូព៌ា ( macchɨm boupiə )
Korean: 중동 ( Jungdong ) (中東 (ko) )
Kurdish:
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Sorani: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوەڕاست ( Řojhełat-i Naweřast )
Kyrgyz: Орто Чыгыш ( Orto Cıgış )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Lao: ຕາເວັນອອກກາງ ( taa-wen 'öök kāng )
Low German: Nohe Ossen
Macedonian: Бли́зок И́сток m ( Blízok Ístok ) , Сре́ден И́сток m ( Sréden Ístok )
Malay: Timur Tengah
Mongolian: Ойрхи Дорнод ( Ojrxi 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)
Romanian: Orient 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 ( Xovar-i Miyona )
Tatar: Урта Көнчыгыш ( Urta Könçığış )
Thai: ตะวันออกกลาง (th) ( dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-glaang )
Tibetan: ཤར་གླིང་དབུས་མ ( shar gling dbus ma )
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
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2002.