Mesopotamian

English

Etymology

Formed as Mesopotamia +‎ -an. Compare the French mésopotamien.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛsəpəˈteɪmɪən/

Noun

Mesopotamian (plural Mesopotamians)

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
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

Adjective

Mesopotamian (not comparable)

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

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)
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)

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