Mesopotamia
/ˌmesəpəˈteɪmɪə/- an ancient region of SW Asia in present-day Iraq, lying between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Its alluvial plains were the site of the civilizations of Akkad, Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria.美索不达米亚（古代西南亚一地区, 在今伊拉克境内, 位于底格里斯河和幼发拉底河之间; 其冲积平原曾孕育了阿卡得、苏美尔、巴比伦和亚述文明）。
派生词
Mesopotamian
adjective & noun词源
from Greek mesos 'middle' + potamos 'river'.