MIDDLE EASTERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Middle Eastern mean? 

• MIDDLE EASTERN (adjective)
  The adjective MIDDLE EASTERN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or located in the Middle East

  Familiarity information: MIDDLE EASTERN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE EASTERN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in the Middle East

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Middle 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)

 Context examples 

Also called: SARS, MERS, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome

(Coronavirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

It is usually seen in people of Middle Eastern origin.

(Fitzpatrick Skin Type V, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestral origins whose family settled in a North American country such as the United States of America or Canada.

(North American, NCI Thesaurus)

This disorder is most common in African-American men and in men of Middle Eastern or Mediterranean descent.

(G6PD Deficiency, NCI Dictionary)