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Mesopotamia

See also: Mesópótamía, Mesopotàmia, and Mesopotâmia

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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”).

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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.
    • 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (UK, slang, obsolete) The Eaton Square district of London, England.

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  • (district of London): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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  • interfluve (having components with the same meaning as Mesopotamia, i.e., “between rivers”)

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /me.zo.poˈta.mja/
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Hyphenation: Me‧so‧po‧tà‧mia

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Mesopotamia f

  1. Mesopotamia

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Latin

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Etymology

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

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Mesopotamia f sg (genitive Mesopotamiae); first declension

  1. Mesopotamia

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Mesopotamia
Genitive Mesopotamiae
Dative Mesopotamiae
Accusative Mesopotamiam
Ablative Mesopotamiā
Vocative Mesopotamia

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mesopoˈtamja/ [me.so.poˈt̪a.mja]
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Syllabification: Me‧so‧po‧ta‧mia

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Mesopotamia ?

  1. Mesopotamia (a region of Asia)
  2. Mesopotamia (a region of Argentina)

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