美索不達米亞

美索不达米亚
Měisuǒbùdámǐyà
Mesopotamia

CEDICT

  1. (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
  2. (historical) Mesopotamia (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)
  3. Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
  4. Mesopotamia (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)

Wiktionary

西南亞的一個地區，位於幼發拉底河和底格里斯河之間，在這塊平原上產生和發展的古文明是人類歷史上已知最古老的文明

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 美 Měi
  1. (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲 Měizhōu)
  2. (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國 Měiguó)
2 索 suǒ
  1. to search
  2. to demand
  3. to ask
  4. to exact
  5. large rope
  6. isolated
3 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
4 達 dá
  1. to attain
  2. to reach
  3. to amount to
  4. to communicate
  5. eminent
5 米 mǐ
  1. uncooked rice
  2. meter (unit of length)
  3. (slang) Chinese yuan
6 亞 yà
  1. second
  2. next to
  3. inferior
  4. sub-
  5. Taiwan pr. yǎ

Related entries

兩河流域 Liǎnghé Liúyù Mesopotamia
兩河 Liǎnghé
  1. the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period)
  2. Mesopotamia