Meanings
adjectiveMesopotamian (not comparable)
- not comparablehistoryOf, from or relating to Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian marshlands return to life as they become officially recognised as Iraq’s first national park.
2013 Autumn, Veronique Mistiaen, “Iraq’s first national park approved” (main, front-page article) in Positive News, issue 77, page 1, sub-headlineSynonyms: Mesopotamic
nounMesopotamian (plural Mesopotamians)
plural Mesopotamians
- historyA native or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, from or relating to Mesopotamia
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Hellenic*métsos
- Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
- Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-der.?
- Ancient Greekποταμός (potamós)
- Ancient Greekμεσοποτάμῐος (mesopotámĭos)
- Ancient GreekΜεσοποταμίᾱ (Mesopotamíā)
- LatinMesopotamia
- EnglishMesopotamia
- EnglishMesopotamian
From Mesopotamia + -an. Compare with French mésopotamien.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan mesopotami, mesopotami
- mesopotamiof or relating to Mesopotamia
- mesopotaminative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- mesopotàmianative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Czech mezopotámský
- mezopotámskýof or relating to Mesopotamia
Dutch Mesopotamisch
- Mesopotamischof or relating to Mesopotamia
Esperanto mezopotamo, mezopotamino
- mezopotamonative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- mezopotaminonative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
French mésopotamien, Mésopotamien
- mésopotamienof or relating to Mesopotamia
- Mésopotamiennative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- Mésopotamiennenative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
German mesopotamisch, zweistromländisch
- mesopotamischof or relating to Mesopotamia
- zweistromländischof or relating to Mesopotamia
- Mesopotamiernative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- Mesopotamierinnative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Hungarian mezopotámiai
- mezopotámiaiof or relating to Mesopotamia
Italian mesopotamico
- mesopotamicoof or relating to Mesopotamia
Japanese メソポタミア人
- メソポタミア人 (Mesopotamiajin)native or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Polish mezopotamski, Mezopotamczyk
- mezopotamskiof or relating to Mesopotamia
- Mezopotamczyknative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- Mezopotamkanative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Portuguese mesopotâmio, mesopotâmico
- mesopotâmioof or relating to Mesopotamia
- mesopotâmicoof or relating to Mesopotamia
- mesopotâmionative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- mesopotâmianative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Romanian mesopotamian, mesopotamian
- mesopotamianof or relating to Mesopotamia
- mesopotamiannative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- mesopotamianănative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Russian месопота́мский, месопота́мец
- месопота́мский (mesopotámskij)of or relating to Mesopotamia
- месопота́мец (mesopotámec)native or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- месопота́мка (mesopotámka)native or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Spanish mesopotámico, mesopotámico
- mesopotámicoof or relating to Mesopotamia
- mesopotámiconative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
- mesopotámicanative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Swedish mesopotamisk
- mesopotamiskof or relating to Mesopotamia
Turkish Mezopotamya, Mezopotamyalı
- Mezopotamyaof or relating to Mesopotamia
- Mezopotamyalınative or inhabitant of Mesopotamia
Cite this entry
APA
Mesopotamian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mesopotamian
MLA
“Mesopotamian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mesopotamian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mesopotamian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mesopotamian.
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