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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]

[[Category:Countries in Western Asi]

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 Countries considered as part of the "Middle East:"
-*[[Bahrain Genealogy|Bahrain]]
+*[[Bahrain Genealogy|Bahrai[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Cyprus Genealogy|Cyprus]]
+*[[Cyprus Genealogy|Cypru[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Egypt Genealogy|Egypt]]
+*[[Egypt Genealogy|Egyp[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Iran Genealogy|Iran]]
+*[[Iran Genealogy|Ira[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
 *[[Iraq Genealogy|Iraq]]
 *[[Israel Genealogy|Israel]]
-*[[Jordan Genealogy|Jordan]]
+*[[Jordan Genealogy|Jorda[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Kuwait Genealogy|Kuwait]]
+*[[Kuwait Genealogy|Kuwai[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Lebanon Genealogy|Lebanon]]
+*[[Lebanon Genealogy|Lebano[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Oman Genealogy|Oman]]
+*[[Oman Genealogy|Oma[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Qatar Genealogy|Qatar]]
+*[[Qatar Genealogy|Qata[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[State of Palestine Genealogy|State of Palestine]]
+*[[State of Palestine Genealogy|State of Palestin[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Saudi Arabia Genealogy|Saudi Arabia]]
+*[[Saudi Arabia Genealogy|Saudi Arabi[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Syria Genealogy|Syria]]
+*[[Syria Genealogy|Syri[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Turkey Genealogy|Turkey]]
+*[[Turkey Genealogy|Turke[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[United Arab Emirates Genealogy|United Arab Emirates]]
+*[[United Arab Emirates Genealogy|United Arab Emirate[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-*[[Yemen Genealogy|Yemen]]
+*[[Yemen Genealogy|Yeme[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]
-[[Category:Countries in Western Asia]]
+[[Category:Countries in Western Asi[[Category:Countries in the Middle East]]]