What is the origin of the name 'Mesopotamia'?

From Greek, "The land in the middle of the rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates). meso- means 'middle', potamos means 'river', and the ending -ia is present in the names of many lands. read more

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers’) was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey. read more

From Greek, "The land in the middle of the rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates). meso- means 'middle', potamos means 'river', and the ending -ia is present in the names of many lands. read more

1. the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq. Familiarity information: MESOPOTAMIA used as a noun is very rare. read more

Out of 5,838,786 records in the U.S. Social Security Administration public data, the first name Mesopotamia was not present. It is possible the name you are searching has less than five occurrences per year. read more