Middle East

The Middle East is a region that roughly encompasses a majority of Western Asia (excluding the Caucasus) and Egypt. The term is used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East. The corresponding adjective is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner. The largest ethnic group in the Middle East are Arabs with Turks, Turkomans, Persians, Kurds, Azeris, Copts, Jews, Assyrians, Maronites, Circassians, Somalis, Armenians, Druze and numerous additional minor ethnic groups forming other significant populations.

Countries considered as part of the "Middle East:"

• [[Bahrain Genealogy|Bahrai]
• [[Cyprus Genealogy|Cypru]
• [[Egypt Genealogy|Egyp]
• [[Iran Genealogy|Ira]
• Iraq
• Israel
• [[Jordan Genealogy|Jorda]
• [[Kuwait Genealogy|Kuwai]
• [[Lebanon Genealogy|Lebano]
• [[Oman Genealogy|Oma]
• [[Qatar Genealogy|Qata]
• [[State of Palestine Genealogy|State of Palestin]
• [[Saudi Arabia Genealogy|Saudi Arabi]
• [[Syria Genealogy|Syri]
• [[Turkey Genealogy|Turke]
• [[United Arab Emirates Genealogy|United Arab Emirate]
• [[Yemen Genealogy|Yeme]

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