Mesopotamian

English

Etymology

From Mesopotamia +‎ -an. Compare with French mésopotamien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛs.ə.pəˈteɪ.mɪ.ən/, /ˌmɛs.ə.pəˈteɪ.mi.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Mes‧o‧po‧ta‧mi‧an

Adjective

Mesopotamian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Mesopotamia.
   • 2013 Autumn, Veronique Mistiaen, “Iraq’s first national park approved” (main, front-page article) in Positive News, issue 77, page 1, sub-headline:

     Mesopotamian marshlands return to life as they become officially recognised as Iraq’s first national park.

Derived terms

• Mesopotamian Arabic
• North Mesopotamian Arabic

Translations

of or pertaining to Mesopotamia

• Catalan: mesopotami (ca)
• Czech: mezopotámský
• Dutch: Mesopotamisch (nl)
• French: mésopotamien (fr)
• German: mesopotamisch (de), zweistromländisch
• Hungarian: mezopotámiai (hu)
• Italian: mesopotamico (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Mezopotamya (ku)

• Polish: mezopotamski (pl)
• Portuguese: mesopotâmio, mesopotâmico
• Romanian: mesopotamian (ro)
• Russian: месопота́мский (ru) (mesopotámskij)
• Spanish: mesopotámico
• Swedish: mesopotamisk
• Turkish: Mezopotamya (tr)

Noun

Mesopotamian (plural Mesopotamians)

1. A person from Mesopotamia or of Mesopotamian origin.

Translations

person from Mesopotamia

• Catalan: mesopotami (ca) m, mesopotàmia (ca) f
• Esperanto: mezopotamo (man or woman), mezopotamino (woman)
• French: Mésopotamien (fr) m, Mésopotamienne f
• German: Mesopotamier (de) m, Mesopotamierin (de) f
• Ido: Mezopotamiano (io)
• Japanese: メソポタミア人 (Mesopotamiajin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: mezopotamyayî

• Polish: Mezopotamczyk m, Mezopotamka f
• Portuguese: mesopotâmio m, mesopotâmia f
• Romanian: mesopotamian (ro) m, mesopotamiană f
• Russian: месопота́мец m (mesopotámec), месопота́мка f (mesopotámka)
• Spanish: mesopotámico m, mesopotámica (es) f
• Turkish: Mezopotamyalı

See also

• Assyro-Babylonian