The Far East is a term commonly used to describe the geographical region of Asia that is further to the east of other regions. However, it is also a term that has many antonyms. Some of the antonyms for the Far East include the Near East, the Middle East and the South Asia. While the Far East is typically used to refer to countries such as China, Japan and Korea, the Near East is often used to refer to countries like Turkey, Syria and Iraq. The Middle East, on the other hand, includes countries such as Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia. Finally, South Asia includes countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

What are the antonyms for The far east?

• Other relevant words:

• the West
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• west
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Famous quotes with The far east

• Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music.

  Pat Boone
• It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.

  Lafcadio Hearn
• From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.

  John Hoeven
• There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they're getting excited about this one and I really think we could do well in the Far East.

  Robbie Keane
• In terms of development of the company, the vast majority of our sales are in the Far East and we will expect to strengthen our activities there, perhaps even moving some of our engineering activities abroad.

  David Milne

Synonyms:

scuttlebutt, scuttlebutt.