ближний meaning in English

Russian	English
ближний adjective	close [closer, closest](at a little distance) adjective [UK: kləʊz] [US: kloʊz] near [nearer, nearest](physically close) adjective [UK: nɪə(r)] [US: ˈnɪr] nigh(near, close by) adjective [UK: naɪ] [US: ˈnaɪ]
ближний noun {m}	neighbour [neighbours](fellow human) noun [UK: ˈneɪ.bə(r)] [US: ˈneɪ.bər]
Ближний Восток proper noun {m}	Middle East(region comprising Western Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt and all of Turkey) proper noun [UK: ˈmɪd.l̩ iːst] [US: ˈmɪd.l̩ ˈiːst] Near East(region in Asia) proper noun [UK: nɪə(r) iːst] [US: ˈnɪr ˈiːst]
ближний зарубежье noun {n}	near abroad(the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) noun
Большой Ближний Восток proper noun	Greater Middle East(countries of the Muslim world centred on the Middle East and excluding those in Oceania) proper noun

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