mashriq

Noun
  1. Arabic name for the Middle East (synset 108809830)
    referred to in: arabic, arabic language - the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects
    is an instance of: middle east, mideast, near east - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century

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