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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

English

Proper noun

Mesopotamia

  1. A region in Southwest Asia spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris that is the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man.
  2. The British Mandate of Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932 that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μεσοποταμία (Mesopotamía, land between the rivers).

Proper noun

Mesopotamia f (genitive Mesopotamiae); first declension

  1. Mesopotamia

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Mesopotamia
genitive Mesopotamiae
dative Mesopotamiae
accusative Mesopotamiam
ablative Mesopotamiā
vocative Mesopotamia

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