Oriente Médio
See also: Oriente Medio
Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of English Middle East.
Proper noun
[edit]- (Brazil, geopolitics) Middle East (the geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey)
- Synonym: (Portugal) Médio Oriente
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Oriente Médio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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- pt:Geopolitics
- pt:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia
- pt:Geographic and cultural areas of Africa
- pt:Geographic and cultural areas of Europe
- pt:Middle East