Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

Middle East


Middle East

geographical name

Definition of MIDDLE EAST

the countries of SW Asia & N Africa —usually considered to include the countries extending from Libya on the W to Afghanistan on the E
— Middle Eastern or Mid·east·ern \ˌmid-ˈē-stərn\ adjective
— Middle Easterner noun

Rhymes with MIDDLE EAST

arriviste, baker's yeast, dirigiste, hartebeest, north-northeast, pointillist, wildebeest

Learn More About MIDDLE EAST

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: Middlesbrough
Previous Word in the Dictionary: Middle Congo

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up Middle East? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).