Mezopotamia

See also: Mezopotámia

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Mesopotamia, from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.zɔ.pɔˈta.mja/

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• Rhymes: -amja
• Syllabification: Me‧zo‧po‧ta‧mia

Proper noun

Mezopotamia 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)

Declension

Declension of Mezopotamia

	singular
nominative	Mezopotamia
genitive	Mezopotamii
dative	Mezopotamii
accusative	Mezopotamię
instrumental	Mezopotamią
locative	Mezopotamii
vocative	Mezopotamio

Derived terms

adjective

• mezopotamski

Further reading

• Mezopotamia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Mezopotamia in Polish dictionaries at PWN