Middle Eastern
From that region
Middle Eastern describes people, things, or cultures from the Middle East—a region encompassing Southwest Asia and parts of North Africa, typically including countries from Egypt to Iran and from Turkey to the Arabian Peninsula.
The term appears in contexts ranging from geopolitics to cuisine: Middle Eastern conflict, Middle Eastern food, Middle Eastern studies.
The region's boundaries are imprecise and somewhat contested, varying by who's drawing the map.
- LevantineOf the eastern Mediterranean
- LebaneseFrom a small Mediterranean nation
- ArabicSemitic language family member
- AsianOf the largest continent
- spice tradeHistorical exchange of aromatics
Persian · hummus · pita bread · Turkish · Ottoman Empire · Arabian Peninsula · Mesopotamia · Fertile Crescent · Dead Sea · Syrian · desert climate · Islamic architecture · oud · belly dancing · Mediterranean · olive oil · Arabic calligraphy · cultural
- Non-WesternAsian, African, Far Eastern, Afro-Asian, Indo-Pacific
- cuisinesItalian cuisine, French cuisine, Chinese cuisine, Japanese cuisine, Mexican cuisine
- food originsAmerican, European, Asian, African, Mexican
- Geographic AdjectivesAmerican, Asian, African, European, Australian
- restaurant typesItalian, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese, Thai
- World FlavorsItalian, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, French
Middle EasternWestern
Of Euro-American civilization
European · Far Eastern · East Asian · American · North American
Middle EasternWestern
Of Euro-American civilization
European · American · Anglo-Saxon · East Asian · Judeo-Christian
eastward, easterly, eastbound, easterner, easterners, Middle East, Eastertide