Mesopotamia
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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 (potămós, “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
edit- IPA(key): /mɛsəpəˈteɪmɪə/
Audio (Mid-Atlantic US): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪmiə
Proper noun
editMesopotamia
- (historical) A geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; 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) A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD.
- (historical) The Mandate for Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932, entrusted to the United Kingdom, that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq.
- A geographic region in northeast Argentina, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
- (UK, slang, obsolete) The Eaton Square district of London, England.
Derived terms
editTranslations
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References
edit- (district of London): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
See also
edit- interfluve (having components with the same meaning as Mesopotamia, i.e., “between rivers”)
Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMesopotamia f
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
Derived terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía, “land between the rivers”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.sɔ.pɔˈta.mi.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.s̬o.poˈt̪aː.mi.a]
Proper noun
editMesopotamia f sg (genitive Mesopotamiae); first declension
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Mesopotamia |
genitive | Mesopotamiae |
dative | Mesopotamiae |
accusative | Mesopotamiam |
ablative | Mesopotamiā |
vocative | Mesopotamia |
See also
editReferences
edit- “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.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editMesopotamia ?
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
- (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
- Mesopotamia (a geographic region in northeast Argentina, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers)
Derived terms
edit- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/eɪmiə
- Rhymes:English/eɪmiə/6 syllables
- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Iraq
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Syria
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey
- en:Places in Iraq
- en:Places in Syria
- en:Places in Turkey
- en:Ancient Near East
- English terms with quotations
- en:Provinces of the Roman Empire
- en:Places in the Roman Empire
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Argentina
- en:Places in Argentina
- British English
- English slang
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- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Rhymes:Italian/amja
- Rhymes:Italian/amja/5 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian uncountable proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian terms with historical senses
- it:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia
- it:Geographic and cultural areas of Iraq
- it:Geographic and cultural areas of Syria
- it:Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey
- it:Places in Iraq
- it:Places in Syria
- it:Places in Turkey
- it:Ancient Near East
- it:Provinces of the Roman Empire
- it:Places in the Roman Empire
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- la:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia
- la:Geographic and cultural areas of Iraq
- la:Geographic and cultural areas of Syria
- la:Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey
- la:Places in Iraq
- la:Places in Syria
- la:Places in Turkey
- la:Ancient Near East
- la:Provinces of the Roman Empire
- la:Places in the Roman Empire
- Spanish 5-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/amja
- Rhymes:Spanish/amja/5 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish terms with historical senses
- es:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia
- es:Geographic and cultural areas of Iraq
- es:Geographic and cultural areas of Syria
- es:Geographic and cultural areas of Turkey
- es:Places in Iraq
- es:Places in Syria
- es:Places in Turkey
- es:Ancient Near East
- es:Provinces of the Roman Empire
- es:Places in the Roman Empire
- es:Geographic and cultural areas of Argentina
- es:Places in Argentina