Mesopotamia 1
noundomain: location
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
Instance_Hypernym
a demarcated area of the Earth
Part_meronym
Iraq 1
noun
a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
Babylon 1
noun
the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
Babylonia 1
noun
an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
Chaldea 1
noun
an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
Assyria 1
noun
an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
EnglishPart_holonym
Iraq 1
noun
a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
Babylon 1
noun
the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
Babylonia 1
noun
an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)
Chaldea 1
noun
an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
Assyria 1
noun
an ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia which is in present-day Iraq
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Akkadian 1
noun
an ancient branch of the Semitic languages
an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
Apsu 1
noun
father of the gods and consort of Tiamat
Aruru 1
noun
mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag
Dagan 1
noun
god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon
