MASHRIQ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mashriq mean? 

• MASHRIQ (noun)
  The noun MASHRIQ has 1 sense:

1. Arabic name for the Middle East

  Familiarity information: MASHRIQ used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASHRIQ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arabic name for the Middle East

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern 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; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)

Domain category:

Arabic; Arabic language (the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects)