兩河流域

简 两河流域 · 繁 兩河流域
Mandarin · pinyin Liǎng hé Liú yù

Meanings

  1. Mesopotamia
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兩
liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
河
hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
流
liú · flow, circulate, drift; class
域
yù · district, region, boundary; land
两
liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
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3–2–2–4 · Liang3 he2 Liu2 yu4

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  1. (history) 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)

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