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Middle Eastern

Middle Eastern adjective: of or relating to the Middle East.

Adjective

Middle Eastern (comparative more Middle Eastern, superlative most Middle Eastern)

  1. Of or relating to the Middle East.
    • Frequent conflicts over water have occurred historically in this Middle Eastern region because of its natural water scarcity, the introduction of irrigated agriculture, and the tensions of religious and ethnic diversity.2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 236

Middle Eastern meaning in Arabic and Persian

Middle Eastern in Arabic

of or relating to the Middle East
شَرْق أَوْسَطِيّ šarq ʔawsaṭiyy

Middle Eastern in Persian

of or relating to the Middle East
خاورمیانهای xâvar-e-miyâne-i

Forms of Middle Eastern

comparativemore Middle Eastern
superlativemost Middle Eastern

Words formed from Middle Eastern

Questions about Middle Eastern

What does Middle Eastern mean?
Middle Eastern means of or relating to the Middle East.
What is Middle Eastern in Arabic?
Middle Eastern in Arabic is شَرْق أَوْسَطِيّ (šarq ʔawsaṭiyy). See Middle Eastern meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Middle Eastern?
Middle Eastern is an adjective.

Words near Middle Eastern in the dictionary

  1. middle earth
  2. Middle East
  3. Middle East respiratory syndrome
  4. Middle East Standard Time
  5. Middle East syndrome
  6. Middle Eastern
  7. Middle Eastern Time
  8. Middle Easterner
  9. Middle Easterners
  10. Middle Easternism
  11. Middle Easternisms

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