Mesopotamia

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”).

• IPA^(key): /mɛsəpəˈteɪmɪə/
• Rhymes: -eɪmiə

Mesopotamia

1. 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.
2. The British Mandate of Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932 that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq.

• Mesopotamian
• Mesopotamic

From Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā).

• IPA^(key): /me.zo.poˈta.mja/, [mez̪opoˈt̪äːmjä]
• Rhymes: -amja
• Stress: Mesopotàmia
• Hyphenation: Me‧so‧po‧ta‧mia

Mesopotamia f

1. Mesopotamia

• mesopotamico

From Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía, “land between the rivers”).

Mesopotamia f (genitive Mesopotamiae); first declension

1. Mesopotamia

First declension.

• Mesopotamia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mesopotamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette