Near East

English

Green: The modern archaeological and historical Near East
Lime: The wider Near East

Proper noun

Near East

2. (historical)The geographic region of Western Asia located southeast of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia; used primarily in historical contexts.

Usage notes

Definitions vary between different academic areas, the term originally being applied to the maximum extent of the Ottoman Empire. Outside of historical studies, the term is generally deprecated in favour of Middle East. However, the term Near East or Ancient Near East is still commonly preferred when discussing the region in ancient times.

Derived terms

• Ancient Near East
• Near Eastern

Related terms

• Middle East
• Western Asia

Translations

region in Asia

• Afrikaans: Nabye Ooste
• Arabic: شَرْق أَدْنَى m (šarq ʔadnā)
• Armenian: Մերձավոր Արեւելք (Merjavor Arewelkʻ)
• Belarusian: Блі́зкі Усхо́д m (Blízki Usxód)
• Bulgarian: Бли́зък Изто́к m (Blízǎk Iztók)
• Catalan: Pròxim Orient m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 近東 / 近东 (zh) (Jìndōng)

• Czech: Blízký východ (cs) m
• Danish: Nærorienten
• Dutch: Nabije Oosten n
• Esperanto: Proksimoriento, Proksima Oriento
• Estonian: Lähis-Ida
• Finnish: Lähi-itä (fi)
• French: Proche-Orient (fr) m
• Georgian: ახლო აღმოსავლეთი (axlo aɣmosavleti)
• German: Naher Osten (de) m
• Greek: Εγγύς Ανατολή (el) f (Engýs Anatolí)
• Hungarian: Közel-Kelet (hu)
• Irish: an Neasoirthear m
• Italian: Vicino Oriente m
• Japanese: 近東 (ja) (きんとう, Kintō)
• Kazakh: Таяу Шығыс (kk) (Taäu Şyğys)
• Khmer: ដើមបូព៌ា (daeumboព៌ា)
• Korean: 근동 (ko) (Geundong)
• Latin: Oriens Proximus m
• Macedonian: Близок Исток m (Blizok Istok)
• Malay: Timur Dekat
• Polish: Bliski Wschód (pl)
• Portuguese: Oriente Próximo m, Próximo Oriente m
• Russian: Бли́жний Восто́к (ru) m (Blížnij Vostók)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Блиски исток m

  Roman: Bliski istok (sh) m

• Spanish: Oriente Próximo (es) m, Próximo Oriente m, Cercano Oriente m
• Swedish: Främre Orienten
• Tagalog: Malapit na Silangan
• Turkish: Yakın Doğu (tr)
• Ukrainian: Близьки́й Схід m (Blyzʹkýj Sxid)
• Vietnamese: Cận Đông
• Welsh: y Dwyrain Agos m

Anagrams

• arsenate, arsetane, asterane, serenata