mashriq

English Thesaurus

1. Arabic name for the Middle East (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	middle east, mideast, near east,
definition	:	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 (noun.location)

domain category	:	arabic, arabic language,
definition	:	the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects (noun.communication)