Mesopotamia

== 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 (potămós, “river”) + -ιος (-ios), so called because Mesopotamia is located between the rivers Euphrates and Tigris. The term is used as a translation of the Biblical Hebrew נַהֲרַיִם (naharáyim), the dual form of נָהָר (nahár, “river”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛ.sə.pəˈteɪ.mɪ.ə/ Rhymes: -eɪmiə === Proper noun === Mesopotamia (history) 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. (history) A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD. (history) 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. Numerous modern-day places: A geographic region in northeast Argentina, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. (UK, slang, obsolete) The Eaton Square district of London, England. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Shan: မေႇသူဝ်ႇပူဝ်ႇတေးမီးယႃး (mèe sò pò tée míi yáa) → Sinhalese: මෙසොපොටේමියාව (mesopoṭēmiyāwa) → Tamil: மெசொப்பொத்தேமியா (mecoppottēmiyā) ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== === See also === interfluve (“between rivers”) == Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing 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 (history) 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) (history) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD) ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā, “land between the rivers”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛ.sɔ.pɔˈta.mi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [me.s̬o.poˈtaː.mi.a] === Proper noun === Mesopotamia f sg (genitive Mesopotamiae); first declension (history) 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) (history) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: Mesopotàmia (learned) → English: Mesopotamia (learned) → Italian: Mesopotamia (learned) → Portuguese: Mesopotâmia (learned) → Spanish: Mesopotamia (learned) === See also === Irāca === References === “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 == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Mesopotamia, borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā, “land between the rivers”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mesopoˈtamja/ [me.so.poˈt̪a.mja] Rhymes: -amja Syllabification: Me‧so‧po‧ta‧mia === Proper noun === Mesopotamia f (history) 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) (history) 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 ====