(n)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, Syn.Near East, Mideast
[カワスズメぞく, kawasuzume zoku](n) Oreochromis (genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae endemic to Africa and the Middle East)[Add to Longdo]