Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Middle East | Yes | No | No | No |
Jordan | Yes | No | No | No |
Middle East (noun) | Jordan (noun) |
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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 | an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea |
a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan |