Middle East

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Middle East

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詞源

middle +‎ east，基於Far East, Near East。最早見於19世紀後期。

專有名詞

Middle East

1. 中東
   1. 西南亞與東北非的地區
   2. 〈旧〉 近東與遠東之間的地區
      • 1920 April 21，House of Commons，引 Austen Chamberlain, “Budget proposals, Committee of Ways and Means”, in The Parliamentary Debates，卷 128，頁 455:

        Well, what may happen in the Middle East? I agree there are uncertainties, but when he was condemning the policy of the Government with regard to the Turkish peace, had he thought for a moment of the financial effect of the policy which he advocated?

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近義詞

• Mid East
• Mideast

派生詞

• Greater Middle East
• Middle Eastern
• Middle Easterner

參考資料

• “Middle East, n.”，OED Online ⁠，Oxford, Oxfordshire：Oxford University Press，March 2002年