Mesopotâmia

See also: Mesopotamia, Mesópótamía, and Mesopotàmia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía, from μέσος (mésos, “between”) +‎ ποταμός (potamós, “river”)).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ̃.mi.ɐ/ [ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ̃.mɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ̃.mjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ̃.mi.ɐ/ [ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ̃.mɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ̃.mjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ.mi.a/ [ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ.mɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˌmɛ.zo.poˈtɐ.mja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛ.zɔ.puˈtɐ.mjɐ/

• Homophone: mesopotâmia

Proper noun

Mesopotâmia f

1. (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)
2. (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
3. (historical) Mesopotamia (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)
4. Mesopotamia (a geographic region in northeast Argentina, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers)

Hyponyms

• (region between Euphrates and Tigris): Acádia, Assíria, Elão, Suméria

Derived terms

• mesopotâmia

Related terms

• mesopotâmico
• mesopotâmio