Lub "Middle East" yog hais txog thaj av uas nyob rau sab hnub tuaj thiab sab qab teb Mediterranean- thaj chaw loj hlob ntawm sab hnub tuaj Mediterranean mus rau Persian Gulf- thiab thaj chaw ua ib thaj chaw sib txuas ntawm Africa thiab Eurasia.
Thaum Middle East feem ntau cuam tshuam nrog Western Asia, nws txawv ntawm cov hauv qab no:
1. Nws tsis suav nrog Afghanistan; 2. Nws suav nrog lub tebchaws African ntawm Egypt; 3. Nws suav nrog European feem ntawm Qaib Cov Txwv.
Middle East yog ib cheeb tsam nyob ntawm txoj kev hla ntawm peb lub teb chaws (Asia, Europe, thiab Africa) thiab ua haujlwm tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib txuas ntawm Atlantic thiab Indian Oceans. Lub "peb lub teb chaws" hais txog Asia, Europe, thiab Africa, thaum "tsib hiav txwv" hais txog Hiav Txwv Caspian, Hiav Txwv Dub, Hiav Txwv Mediterranean, Hiav Txwv Liab, thiab Hiav Txwv Arabian.
"Middle East" tsis yog ib lub ntsiab lus ntawm thaj chaw. Feem ntau, nws suav nrog Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, thiab Yemen. Palestine, lub teb chaws Maghreb (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, thiab Tunisia), nrog rau Sudan, Mauritania, thiab Somalia, kuj feem ntau suav hais tias yog Middle Eastern vim muaj keeb kwm thiab kab lis kev cai. Txawm hais tias Qaib Cov Txwv thiab Cyprus yog thaj chaw ntawm Middle East, lawv txheeb xyuas lawv tus kheej li European; Afghanistan, nyob rau sab qaum teb, kuj qee zaum cuam tshuam nrog thaj av.