"Mesopotamian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mɛsəpəˈteɪmɪən/
Etymology: Formed as Mesopotamia + -an. Compare the French mésopotamien. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mesopotamia|an}} Mesopotamia + -an, {{cog|fr|mésopotamien}} French mésopotamien Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Mesopotamian (not comparable)
  1. Of or pertaining to Mesopotamia. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Demonyms Derived forms: North Mesopotamian Arabic Translations (of or pertaining to Mesopotamia): mesopotami (Catalan), mezopotámský (Czech), Mesopotamisch (Dutch), mésopotamien (French), mesopotamisch (German), zweistromländisch (German), mezopotámiai (Hungarian), Mezopotamya (Northern Kurdish), mezopotamski (Polish), mesopotâmio (Portuguese), mesopotâmico (Portuguese), mesopotamian (Romanian), месопота́мский (mesopotámskij) (Russian), mesopotámico (Spanish), mesopotamisk (Swedish), Mezopotamya (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Mesopotamian-en-adj-QMwgHTmA Disambiguation of Demonyms: 81 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 87 13

Noun

IPA: /mɛsəpəˈteɪmɪən/ Forms: Mesopotamians [plural]
Etymology: Formed as Mesopotamia + -an. Compare the French mésopotamien. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mesopotamia|an}} Mesopotamia + -an, {{cog|fr|mésopotamien}} French mésopotamien Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mesopotamian (plural Mesopotamians)
  1. A person from Mesopotamia or of Mesopotamian origin. Translations (person from Mesopotamia): mesopotami [masculine] (Catalan), mesopotàmia [feminine] (Catalan), mezopotamo (english: man or woman) (Esperanto), mezopotamino (english: woman) (Esperanto), Mésopotamien [masculine] (French), Mésopotamienne [feminine] (French), Mesopotamier [masculine] (German), Mesopotamierin [feminine] (German), Mezopotamiano (Ido), メソポタミア人 (Mesopotamiajin) (Japanese), mezopotamyayî (Northern Kurdish), mesopotâmio [masculine] (Portuguese), mesopotâmia [feminine] (Portuguese), mesopotamian [masculine] (Romanian), mesopotamiană [feminine] (Romanian), месопота́мец (mesopotámec) [masculine] (Russian), месопота́мка (mesopotámka) [feminine] (Russian), mesopotámico [masculine] (Spanish), mesopotámica [feminine] (Spanish), Mezopotamyalı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Mesopotamian-en-noun-KAhEZ8Vk

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to Mesopotamia",
      "word": "mesopotamian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mesopotámskij",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to Mesopotamia",
      "word": "месопота́мский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to Mesopotamia",
      "word": "mesopotámico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to Mesopotamia",
      "word": "mesopotamisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to Mesopotamia",
      "word": "Mezopotamya"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Mesopotamian"
}

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