Named Groups

Middle Eastern People

People native to or inhabitants of MIDDLE EAST including BAHRAIN; IRAN; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; OMAN; PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SYRIA; TURKEY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; and YEMEN.

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Abstract

People native to or inhabitants of MIDDLE EAST including BAHRAIN; IRAN; IRAQ; ISRAEL; JORDAN; KUWAIT; LEBANON; OMAN; PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES; QATAR; SAUDI ARABIA; SYRIA; TURKEY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; and YEMEN.

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Synonyms

21 entry terms
  • Middle Eastern Person
  • Middle Easterners
  • Near Easterners
  • Southwestern Asian People
  • Southwestern Asian Person
  • Southwestern Asians
  • Asian People, Southwestern
  • Asian Peoples, Southwestern
  • Asian Person, Southwestern
  • Asian, Southwestern
  • Middle Eastern Peoples
  • Middle Eastern Persons
  • Middle Easterner
  • Near Easterner
  • People, Middle Eastern
  • People, Southwestern Asian
  • Peoples, Southwestern Asian
  • Person, Middle Eastern
  • Person, Southwestern Asian
  • Southwestern Asian Peoples
  • Southwestern Asian Persons

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, ethnology, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Middle East (1963-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Middle Eastern People. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094864. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094864
  2. Middle Eastern People. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100448011