near east

English - Turkish

Definition of near east in English Turkish dictionary

Yakındoğu

yakın doğu

Çatallar yıllardır Avrupa'da ve Yakın Doğu'da kullanılıyordu, ama yalnızca yemek pişirmek için. - Forks were used for many years in Europe and the Near East, but only for cooking.

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the Near East

Yakın Doğu

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

(Askeri) BM Yakın Doğu Filistinli Mültciler için Yardım ve İş Dairesi

the Near East

Yakın Doğu. The needle skips a lot Bu plakta iğne sık sık atlıyor

English - English

Definition of near east in English English dictionary

The region located south of Eastern Europe, comprised of Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia

The Near East is the same as the Middle East. Near Easterner n. the Middle East Eastern

Middle East, countries in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa

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; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"

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near east university

Near East University (NEU) is a private international institution of higher education in Northern Cyprus. It was founded in the Turkish side of Nicosia in 1988

Turkish pronunciation

nîr ist

Pronunciation

/ˈnər ˈēst/ /ˈnɪr ˈiːst/

Etymology

[ 'nir ] (adverb.) 13th century. Middle English ner, partly from ner nearer, from Old English nEar, comparative of nEah nigh; partly from Old Norse nær nearer, comparative of nA- nigh; more at NIGH.