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