the Middle East

:  equally distant from the extremes :  medial, central

:  being at neither extreme :  intermediate

:  constituting a division intermediate between those prior and later or upper and lower

:  a middle part, point, or position

:  the central portion of the human body :  waist

:  the position of being among or in the midst of something

:  to, toward, or in the east

:  situated toward or at the east

:  coming from the east

:  the general direction of sunrise :  the direction toward the right of one facing north

:  the compass point directly opposite to west

:  regions lying to the east of a specified or implied point of orientation