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English
Etymology
From the Classical Latin Mesopotamia, from the Koine Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía), a feminine substantive form of the adjective Μεσοποτάμιος (Mesopotámios, “between rivers”), from the Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “between”) + ποτᾰμός (potamós, “river”) + -ιος (-ios), so called because Mesopotamia is located between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. Also used as a translation of the Biblical Hebrew נַהֲרַיִם (naharáyim), the dual form of נָהָר (nahár, “river”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mesopotamia
- A region in Southwest Asia spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris that is the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.
1948 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “The Isle of Wight Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:It was purchased by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1882, and continued to work between Brading and Bembridge until 1917, when it was taken over by the War Department, and sent overseas for war service in Mesopotamia, whence it never returned. It survived until at least 1921, when it was observed on the quayside at Basra.
- (historical) The British Mandate of Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932 that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) The Eaton Square district of London, England.
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Translations
region between Euphrates and Tigris
- Abkhaz: Аҩӡыбжьара (Ajʷdzəbžara)
- Akkadian: 𒅗𒍝𒄠𒈠 (kaṣûm)
- Amharic: መስጴጦምያ (mäsp̣eṭomya)
- Arabic: بِلَادُ الرَّافِدَيْن f (bilādu r-rāfidayn), بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن f pl (bayn an-nahrayn)
- Egyptian Arabic: ميسوبوتاميا f (misubutāmia), بين النهرين f (bēn en-nahrēn)
- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ f (bêṯ nahrayn)
- Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ f (bêṯ nahrayn)
- Armenian: Միջագետք (Miǰagetkʻ)
- Old Armenian: Միջագետք (Miǰagetkʻ)
- Azerbaijani: Mesopotamiya, İkiçayarası
- Bashkir: Месопотамия (Mesopotamiya)
- Belarusian: Месапата́мія f (Mjesapatámija), Міжрэ́чча n (Mižréčča), Двухрэчча (Dvuxrečča)
- Bengali: মেসোপটেমিয়া (meśōpṭemiẏa)
- Bulgarian: Месопота́мия (Mesopotámija), Междуречие (Meždurečie), Двуречие (Dvurečie)
- Catalan: Mesopotàmia f
- Chechen: Междуречье (Meždurečʲe)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 美索不達米亞/美索不达米亚 (zh) (Měisuǒbùdámǐyà), 兩河流域/两河流域 (zh) (Liǎng hé liúyù)
- Czech: Mezopotámie (cs) f
- Danish: Mesopotamien
- Dhivehi: މެސޮޕޮޓޭމިއާ (mesopoṭēmiā)
- Dutch: Mesopotamië (nl) n, Tweestromenland n
- Esperanto: Mezopotamio
- Estonian: Mesopotaamia, Kahejõemaa
- Finnish: Mesopotamia (fi), Kaksoisvirranmaa (fi)
- French: Mésopotamie (fr) f
- Georgian: შუამდინარეთი (šuamdinareti), მესოპოტამია (mesoṗoṭamia)
- German: Mesopotamien (de) n, Zweistromland (de) n
- Greek: Μεσοποταμία (el) f (Mesopotamía)
- Ancient: Μεσοποταμίᾱ f (Mesopotamíā)
- Hawaiian: Mekopakamia
- Hebrew: אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם m (arám naharáim), מֵסוֹפּוֹטַמְיָה m (mesopotámya)
- Hindi: मेसोपोटामिया (mesopoṭāmiyā)
- Hungarian: Mezopotámia (hu)
- Icelandic: Mesópótamía (is) f, Millifljótaland
- Indonesian: Mesopotamia
- Irish: an Mheaspatáim f
- Japanese: メソポタミア (ja) (Mesopotamia)
- Kannada: ಮೆಸೊಪಟ್ಯಾಮಿಯಾ (mesopaṭyāmiyā)
- Kazakh: Месопотамия (Mesopotamiä)
- Khmer: មេសូប៉ូតាមី (meisoopootaamii), មជ្ឈប៉ូតាមី (maccʰoapootaamii)
- Korean: 메소포타미아 (Mesopotamia)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Mezrabotan f, Mezopotamya (ku) f
- Lao: ເມໂຊໂປຕາເມຍ (mē sō pō tā mīa)
- Latin: Mesopotamia f
- Latvian: Divupe
- Lithuanian: Tarpupis
- Luxembourgish: Zweestroumland
- Macedonian: Месопотамија f (Mesopotamija), Меѓуречје (Meǵurečje)
- Marathi: मेसोपोटामिया (mesopoṭāmiyā)
- Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭣𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭫𐭥𐭲𐭠𐭭 (mdyʾnlwtʾn /Mayānrōdān/)
- Mingrelian: შქაწყარმალონა (škac̣q̇armalona)
- Mongolian: Месопотам (Mesopotam)
- Northern Thai: ᨾᩮᩈᩰᨻᩰᨴᩮᨾᩮ᩠ᨿ
- Old Church Slavonic: месопотамиꙗ (mesopotamija), междоурѣчиѥ (meždurěčije)
- Parthian: 𐭌𐭃𐭉𐭍𐭓𐭅𐭕𐭍 (mdynrwtn /Maδyānrōδān/)
- Persian: میانرودان (fa) (miyân-rudân), بینالنهرین (fa) (beyn-on-nahreyn)
- Polish: Mezopotamia (pl) f
- Portuguese: Mesopotâmia (pt) f
- Romanian: Mesopotamia f
- Russian: Месопота́мия (ru) f (Mesopotámija), Междуре́чье (ru) n (Mežduréčʹje)
- Samogitian: Tarpopis
- Serbo-Croatian: Međurječje, Међуречје
- Cyrillic: Месопотамија f, Мезопотамија f
- Roman: Mesopotamija f, Mezopotamija (sh) f
- Shan: မေႇသူဝ်ႇပူဝ်ႇတေးမီးယႃး (mèe sò pò tée míi yáa)
- Sinhalese: මෙසොපොටේමියාව f (mesopoṭēmiyāwa)
- Slovak: Mezopotámia f, Medziriečie
- Slovene: Mezopotamija (sl) f, Medrečje
- Spanish: Mesopotamia
- Swedish: Mesopotamien (sv) n, Tvåflodslandet n
- Tamil: மெசொப்பொத்தேமியா (mecoppottēmiyā)
- Thai: เมโสโปเตเมีย (may-sŏh-bpoh-dtay-mia)
- Turkish: Mezopotamya (tr)
- Ukrainian: Месопота́мія f (Mesopotámija), Межирі́ччя (uk) n (Mežyríččja), Дворіччя (uk) (Dvoriččja)
- Uzbek: Mesopotamiya
- Vietnamese: Lưỡng Hà (vi) (兩河)
- Volapük: Mesopotän (vo)
- West Frisian: Twastreamelân
- Wolof: Réewum ñaari dex yi
- Zazaki: Mezopotamya
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References
- (district of London): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
See also
- interfluve (having components with the same meaning as Mesopotamia, i.e., “between rivers”)
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.zo.poˈta.mja/
- Rhymes: -amja
- Hyphenation: Me‧so‧po‧tà‧mia
Proper noun
Mesopotamia f
- Mesopotamia
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía, “land between the rivers”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mesopotamia f sg (genitive Mesopotamiae); first declension
- Mesopotamia
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
See also
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mesopoˈtamja/
- Rhymes: -amja
- Syllabification: Me‧so‧po‧ta‧mia
Proper noun
Mesopotamia ?
- Mesopotamia (a region of Asia)
- Mesopotamia (a region of Argentina)
Derived terms