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Mesopotamia

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See also: Mesópótamía, Mesopotàmia, and Mesopotâmia

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Proto-Indo-European *me
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
Proto-Hellenic *métsos
Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.?
Ancient Greek ποταμός (potamós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
Ancient Greek μεσοποτάμῐος (mesopotámĭos)
Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā)bor.
Latin Mesopotamialbor.
English Mesopotamia

    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”).

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    Mesopotamia

    2. (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.
      • 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.
      • 2020 November 25, Tanya Dukes, “Gilt-y Pleasures: Holiday Gift Ideas for the Jewelry Lover”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 June 2021:
        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.
    4. (history) A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD.
    6. (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.
    7. Numerous modern-day places:
      2. A geographic region in northeast Argentina, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.
      3. (UK, slang, obsolete) The Eaton Square district of London, England.[1]

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    1. ^ [John Camden Hotten] (1859), “MESOPOTAMIA”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC.

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing 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. (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)
      2. (history) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *me
      Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
      Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
      Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
      Proto-Indo-European *-os
      Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
      Proto-Hellenic *métsos
      Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)
      Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.?
      Ancient Greek ποταμός (potamós)
      Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
      Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
      Ancient Greek μεσοποτάμῐος (mesopotámĭos)
      Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā)bor.
      Latin Mesopotamia

        Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā, “land between the rivers”).

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        Mesopotamia f sg (genitive Mesopotamiae); first declension

        1. (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)
        2. (history) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)

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        First-declension noun, singular only.

        singular
        nominative Mesopotamia
        genitive Mesopotamiae
        dative Mesopotamiae
        accusative Mesopotamiam
        ablative Mesopotamiā
        vocative Mesopotamia

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        • “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.

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        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *me
        Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
        Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
        Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
        Proto-Indo-European *-os
        Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos
        Proto-Hellenic *métsos
        Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)
        Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.?
        Ancient Greek ποταμός (potamós)
        Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
        Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios)
        Ancient Greek μεσοποτάμῐος (mesopotámĭos)
        Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā)bor.
        Latin Mesopotamialbor.
        Spanish Mesopotamia

          Learned borrowing from Latin Mesopotamia, borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā, “land between the rivers”).

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

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          Mesopotamia f

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

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