Middle Eastern

adjective

Of or relating to the Middle East.

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Meanings

adjectiveMiddle Eastern (comparative more Middle Eastern, superlative most Middle Eastern)

comparative more Middle Eastern · superlative most Middle Eastern

  1. Of or relating to the Middle East.

    Frequent conflicts over water have occurred historically in this Middle Eastern region because of its natural water scarcity, the introduction of irrigated agriculture, and the tensions of religious and ethnic diversity.

    2017, Anthony J. McMichael, Alistair Woodward, Cameron Muir, Climate Change and the Health of Nations, →ISBN, page 236

Translations

Arabic شَرْق أَوْسَطِيّ, شَرْقَوْسَطِيّ
  • شَرْق أَوْسَطِيّ (neologisms)of or relating to the Middle East
  • شَرْقَوْسَطِيّ (šarqawsaṭiyy)of or relating to the Middle East
Esperanto mezorienta
  • mezorientaof or relating to the Middle East
Finnish Lähi-idän, lähi-itäinen
  • Lähi-idänof or relating to the Middle East
  • lähi-itäinenof or relating to the Middle East
French moyen-oriental
  • moyen-orientalof or relating to the Middle East
Hebrew מזרח תיכוני
  • מזרח תיכוני (mizrákh tikhoní)of or relating to the Middle East
Hungarian közel-keleti
  • közel-keletiof or relating to the Middle East
Italian mediorientale
  • mediorientaleof or relating to the Middle East
Polish bliskowschodni
  • bliskowschodniof or relating to the Middle East
Russian ближневосто́чный
  • ближневосто́чный (bližnevostóčnyj)of or relating to the Middle East
Spanish de Oriente Medio, de Medio Oriente
  • de Oriente Medioof or relating to the Middle East
  • de Medio Orienteof or relating to the Middle East
  • medioorientalof or relating to the Middle East
  • mediorientalof or relating to the Middle East
Ukrainian близькосхі́дний
  • близькосхі́дний (blyzʹkosxídnyj)of or relating to the Middle East
Cite this entry
APA

Middle Eastern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Eastern

MLA

“Middle Eastern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Eastern. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Middle Eastern,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Eastern.

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