MENA meaning in Regional ?

MENA is an English-language acronym referring to the Middle East and North Africa. It is alternatively called the WANA (West Asia and North Africa). The MENA acronym is often used in academia, military planning, disaster relief, media planning as a broadcast region, and business writing. Moreover, the region shares a number of cultural, economic and environmental similarities across the countries; for example, some of the most extreme impacts of climate change will be felt in the region.

Some terms have a wider definition than MENA, such MENAP or Greater Middle East, which also includes the South Asian countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The term MENAT explicitly includes Turkey, which is usually excluded from MENA definitions, even though Turkey is almost always considered part of the 'Middle East'.