英和和英

語源

From middle +‎ East formed in English, modeled on Far East and Near East. First use appears c. 1876.

発音

固有名詞

the Middle East

1. (geopolitics) The geopolitical region at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe, comprising West Asia excluding the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey.
   • 2025 May 7, Alayna Treene, “Trump planning to change how US refers to Persian Gulf”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 21 July 2025:

     The expected announcement is tied to his trip to the Middle East next week, where he’ll visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the officials said.

2. (geopolitics, dated) The region between the Near East and the Far East.
   • 1920 April 21, House of Commons, quoting Austen Chamberlain, “Budget proposals, Committee of Ways and Means”, in The Parliamentary Debates, volume 128, page 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?

使用する際の注意点

Sometimes including Afghanistan and Pakistan.

同意語

• Mideast

派生語

派生した語

参照

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