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the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to North 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; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
By Princeton University
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mistryst
- mis-tr[=i]st', v.t. (Scot.) to disappoint by not keeping an engagement: deceive.