Месопотамия
/[mɛsopoˈtamijɐ]/
Bulgarianname
Definitions
- 1.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.Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic месопотамиꙗ (mesopotamija), from Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía).
Forms
- Месопота́мияcanonical • feminine
- Mesopotámijaromanization
- месопота́мскиadjective • relational