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美索不達米亞

简美索不达米亚 · 繁美索不達米亞

Mandarin · pinyin Měi suǒ bù dá mǐ yà

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美: měi · beautiful, pretty; pleasing
索: suǒ · large rope, cable; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, inquire; isolated
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
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米: mǐ · hulled or husked uncooked rice
亞: Look up this written character
达: dá · arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery
亚: yà · Asia; second

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3–3–4–2–3–4 · Mei3 suo3 bu4 da2 mi3 ya4

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 2 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

mei5 sok3 bat1 daat6 mai5 aa3

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(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)
(history) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)