Every-Name Index. Given Name Equivalents in French-Dutch-English. as used in translating the French names in Burton (1936, 1937). In the 1930s, Paul Gibson Burton wrote a series of six papers on the genealogy of Cornelis MELYN [MELIJN] that are the major reference for genealogists researching the MELYN surname in America.
The Near East is the eastern Mediterranean region once dominated by the Ottoman Empire. Middle Eastâthe newest of the three termsâoriginally referred to everything between the other two Easts (Mesopotamia to Burma), but it now usually denotes the Near East in addition to Afghanistan, Iran, and the Arabian peninsula.
There are people who consider Armenia as part of middle east, some think itâs more in European continent. We can relevantly confirm both Europe and Asia are true, but not the middle east. However, giving one single answer is not so simple. From the geographical point of view, Armenia is situated in South Caucasus region between Europe and Asia.