Word.ws English Dictionary

Mesopotamia in Arabic

بِلَادُ الرَّافِدَيْن bilādu r-rāfidayn

/mɛ.sə.pəˈteɪ.mɪ.ə/

Mesopotamia in Arabic: بِلَادُ الرَّافِدَيْن (bilādu r-rāfidayn), بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن (bayn an-nahrayn). In English, Mesopotamia means 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.

Arabic words for Mesopotamia

region between Euphrates and Tigris
بِلَادُ الرَّافِدَيْن bilādu r-rāfidayn, بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن bayn an-nahrayn

English meaning of Mesopotamia

  1. proper noun 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. proper noun A former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD.
  3. proper noun The Mandate for Mesopotamia, a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1932, entrusted to the United Kingdom, that was the precursor to the independent state of Iraq.
  4. proper noun A geographic region in northeast Argentina, between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers.

Full definition of Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia in other languages

Questions about Mesopotamia in Arabic

What is the meaning of Mesopotamia in Arabic?
Mesopotamia in Arabic is بِلَادُ الرَّافِدَيْن (bilādu r-rāfidayn), بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن (bayn an-nahrayn).
ما معنى كلمة Mesopotamia؟
Mesopotamia: بِلَادُ الرَّافِدَيْن (bilādu r-rāfidayn), بَيْن النَّهْرَيْن (bayn an-nahrayn).
What does Mesopotamia mean in English?
Mesopotamia means 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.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Mesopotamia (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-Mesopotamia.ogg.

Cite this page: “Mesopotamia meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/mesopotamia. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.