Middle East
proper noun, な adjective
The middle of the east is more simply known as the middle east.
This is a jukugo word that uses two on'yomi readings. You've seen them before, but you learned the 東 reading in the word 東京 just recently, so here's another mnemonic for it just in case:
What famous eastern capital does the Middle East share part of its name with? とうきょう! Well, at least in Japanese… 中東 and 東京 — see?
さっきテレビで中東のニュースを見ました。
I just saw the news about the Middle East on TV.
ファラフェルは中東生まれのコロッケです。
Falafel is a type of croquette born in the Middle East.
中東の水タバコの文化は、外国でも人気です。
The culture of waterpipe tobacco in the Middle East is also popular in foreign countries.