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MASHRIQ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arabic name for the Middle East
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
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)
Domain category:
Arabic; Arabic language (the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects)
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