Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Mideast | Yes | No | No | No |
Yom Kippur War | Yes | No | No | No |
Mideast (noun) | Yom Kippur War (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 | Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October 1973 (on Yom Kippur); Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt |