Wiktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: basketball (Noun). A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. basketball (Noun). The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.iktionary (5.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: basketball (Noun). A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. basketball (Noun). The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
The Middle Eastern region is comprised of countries near the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, etc., and countries in North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Morocco, etc. The South Asian region is comprised of India and Pakistan.
MIDDLE EAST. The Middle East is that part of Western Asia extending from the eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey and Syria, through the desert to Iraq and Arabia, and to the East through Iran to the Caspian, the Caucasus, and the Black Sea. Into Africa, it includes Egypt, and, by some accounts, Arab North Africa.