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*[[United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]] | *[[United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]] | ||
*[[Yemen|Yemen]] | *[[Yemen|Yemen]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:37, 2 February 2015
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:"