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Mesopotamia
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Mesópótamía Mesopotàmia Mesopotâmia
English
Etymology
en :lbor la:Mesopotamia 1
From the Classical en la Mesopotamia, from the Koine Greek grc Μεσοποταμία, a feminine substantive form of the adjective grc Μεσοποτάμιος between rivers, from the en grc μέσος between + grc ποταμός ποτᾰμός river + grc -ιος, so called because Mesopotamia is located between the rivers en Euphrates and en Tigris. The term is used as a translation of the hbo נַהֲרַיִם naharáyim, the dual form of he נָהָר nahár river.
Pronunciation
en /mɛ.sə.pəˈteɪ.mɪ.ə/
en en-us-Mesopotamia.ogg Mid-Atlantic US
en eɪmiə 6
Proper noun
en Q11767 en history en geographic region in southwest cont/Asia spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern c:also/Iraq eastern c/Syria and southeast c/Turkey ; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man Ancient Near East.
en 1948 July and August K. Westcott Jones The Isle of Wight Railway Railway Magazine 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.
en Tanya Dukes Gilt-y Pleasures: Holiday Gift Ideas for the Jewelry Lover w:The New York Times 2020-11-25 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/fashion/jewelry-holiday-gifts-chanel-carolina-bucci.html 0362-4331 Variously associated with qualities ranging from warding off evil to promoting fertility, the open hand of the hamsa is thought to have originated in Mesopotamia and is recognized the world over. https://web.archive.org/web/20210625023603/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/fashion/jewelry-holiday-gifts-chanel-carolina-bucci.html
en Q765845 en history en former province emp/Roman Empire existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD.
en Q16824470 en 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.
en numerous modern-day places:
en Q1056116 en geographic region in northeast c/Argentina between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
en UK slang obsolete The Eaton Square district of London, England.
Derived terms
en Mesopotamian * Mesopotamian Arabic * Mesopotamian zodiac * North Mesopotamian Arabic Mesopotamic Mespots
Descendants
1 shn မေႇသူဝ်ႇပူဝ်ႇတေးမီးယႃး
1 si මෙසොපොටේමියාව
1 ta மெசொப்பொத்தேமியா
Translations
region between Euphrates and Tigris
Abkhaz: ab Аҩӡыбжьара
Akkadian: akk 𒅗𒍝𒄠𒈠 kaṣûm
Amharic: am መስጴጦምያ
Arabic: ar بِلَادُ الرَّافِدَيْن f, ar بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن f-p
Egyptian Arabic: arz ميسوبوتاميا f misubutāmia, arz بين النهرين f bēn en-nahrēn
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܢܲܗܪܝܼܢ f
Classical Syriac: syc ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ f bêṯ nahrīn
Armenian: hy Միջագետք
Old Armenian: xcl Միջագետք
Azerbaijani: az Mesopotamiya, az İkiçayarası
Bashkir: ba Месопотамия
Belarusian: be Месапата́мія f, be Міжрэ́чча n, be Двухрэчча
Bengali: bn মেসোপটেমিয়া
Bulgarian: bg Месопота́мия, bg Междуречие, bg Двуречие
Catalan: ca Mesopotàmia f
Chechen: ce Междуречье
Cherokee: chr ᎺᏌᏆᏕᎻ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 美索不達米亞, cmn 兩河流域
Czech: cs Mezopotámie f
Danish: da Mesopotamien
Dhivehi: dv މެސޮޕޮޓޭމިއާ
Dutch: nl Mesopotamië n, nl Tweestromenland n
Esperanto: eo Mezopotamio
Estonian: et Mesopotaamia, et Kahejõemaa
Finnish: fi Mesopotamia, fi Kaksoisvirranmaa
French: fr Mésopotamie f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Twastreamelân
Georgian: ka შუამდინარეთი, ka მესოპოტამია
German: de Mesopotamien n, de Zweistromland n
Greek: el Μεσοποταμία f
Ancient Greek: grc Μεσοποταμίᾱ f
Hawaiian: haw Mekopakamia
Hebrew: he אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם m arám naharáim, he מֵסוֹפּוֹטַמְיָה m mesopotámya
Hindi: hi मेसोपोटामिया
Hungarian: hu Mezopotámia
Icelandic: is Mesópótamía f, is Millifljótaland
Indonesian: id Mesopotamia
Irish: ga an Mheaspatáim f
Japanese: ja メソポタミア Mesopotamia
Kannada: kn ಮೆಸೊಪಟ್ಯಾಮಿಯಾ
Kazakh: kk Месопотамия
Khmer: km មេសូប៉ូតាមី meisoopootaamii, km មជ្ឈប៉ូតាមី maccʰoapootaamii
Korean: ko ^메소포타미아
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Mezrabotan f, kmr Mezopotamya f
Lao: lo ເມໂຊໂປຕາເມຍ
Latin: la Mesopotamia f
Latvian: lv Divupe
Lithuanian: lt Tarpupis
Luxembourgish: lb Zweestroumland
Macedonian: mk Месопотамија f, mk Меѓуречје
Manchu: mnc ᠮᡝᠰᠣᡦᠣᡨᠠᠮᡳᠶᠠ
Marathi: mr मेसोपोटामिया
Mingrelian: xmf შქაწყარმალონა
Mongolian: mn Месопотам
Odia: or ମେସୋପୋଟାମିଆ
Old Church Slavonic: cu месопотамиꙗ, cu междоурѣчиѥ
Parthian: xpr 𐭌𐭃𐭉𐭍𐭓𐭅𐭕𐭍 mdynrwtn Maδyānrōδān
Persian: fa میانرودان miyân-rudân, fa بینالنهرین beyn-on-nahreyn
Middle Persian: pal 𐭬𐭣𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭫𐭥𐭲𐭠𐭭 mdyʾnlwtʾn Mayānrōdān
Polish: pl Mezopotamia f
Portuguese: pt Mesopotâmia f
Romanian: ro Mesopotamia f
Russian: ru Месопота́мия f, ru Междуре́чье n
Samogitian: sgs Tarpopis
Serbo-Croatian: sh Međurječje, sh Међуречје
Cyrillic: sh Месопотамија f, sh Мезопотамија f
Latin: sh Mesopotamija f, sh Mezopotamija f
Shan: shn မေႇသူဝ်ႇပူဝ်ႇတေးမီးယႃး
Sinhalese: si මෙසොපොටේමියාව f
Slovak: sk Mezopotámia f, sk Medziriečie
Slovene: sl Mezopotamija f, sl Medrečje
Spanish: es Mesopotamia
Swedish: sv Mesopotamien n, sv Tvåflodslandet n
Tamil: ta மெசொப்பொத்தேமியா
Thai: th เมโสโปเตเมีย may-sŏh-bpoh-dtay-mia
Northern Thai: nod ᨾᩮᩈᩰᨻᩰᨴᩮᨾᩮ᩠ᨿ
Turkish: tr Mezopotamya
Ukrainian: uk Месопота́мія f, uk Межирі́ччя n, uk Дворіччя
Uzbek: uz Mesopotamiya
Vietnamese: vi Lưỡng Hà (vi 兩河)
Volapük: vo Mesopotän
Wolof: wo Réewum ñaari dex yi
Zazaki: zza Mezopotamya
References
See also
en Assyria Assyro-Babylonia Babylonia Iraq Kurdistan Sumer
en interfluve between rivers
Italian
it:
Etymology
it :lbor la:Mesopotamia
it la Mesopotamia, from it grc Μεσοποταμίᾱ.
Pronunciation
Mesopotàmia
Proper noun
f
it Mesopotamia Q11767,Q765845
Derived terms
it mesopotamico
Latin
Etymology
la Mesopotamia :bor grc:Μεσοποταμίᾱ<t:land between the rivers> + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mesopotamia<1>
la Mesopotamia Q11767,Q765845
Declension
Mesopotamia<1>
Descendants
1 ca Mesopotàmia
1 en Mesopotamia
1 it Mesopotamia
1 pt Mesopotâmia
1 es Mesopotamia
See also
la Irāca
References
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :lbor la:Mesopotamia :grc 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es Mesopotamia Q11767,Q765845,Q1056116
Derived terms
es mesopotámico