Phrase guide

Middle Eastern

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the Middle East.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to or located in the Middle East

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَرْق أَوْسَطِيّ (šarq ʔawsaṭiyy) — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܕ݂ܢܲܚ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ (maḏnaḥ miṣˁāyā) — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Belarusian: блізкаўсхо́дні (blizkawsxódni) — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Finnish: Lähi-idän — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Finnish: lähi-itäinen — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Hebrew: מזרח תיכוני (mizrákh tikhoní) — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Hungarian: közel-keleti — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Italian: mediorientale — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Persian: خاورمیانهای (xâvar-e-miyâne-i) — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Polish: bliskowschodni — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Russian: ближневосто́чный (bližnevostóčnyj) — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Spanish: de Oriente Medio — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Spanish: de Medio Oriente — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Spanish: mediooriental — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Spanish: medioriental — of or relating to the Middle East
  • Ukrainian: близькосхі́дний (blyzʹkosxídnyj) — of or relating to the Middle East