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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Mesopotamia
       n : the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several
           ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Mesopotamia
     the country between the two rivers (Heb. Aram-naharaim; i.e.,
     "Syria of the two rivers"), the name given by the Greeks and
     Romans to the region between the Euphrates and the Tigris (Gen.
     24:10; Deut. 23:4; Judg. 3:8, 10). In the Old Testament it is
     mentioned also under the name "Padan-aram;" i.e., the plain of
     Aram, or Syria (Gen. 25:20). The northern portion of this
     fertile plateau was the original home of the ancestors of the
     Hebrews (Gen. 11; Acts 7:2). From this region Isaac obtained his
     wife Rebecca (Gen. 24:10, 15), and here also Jacob sojourned
     (28:2-7) and obtained his wives, and here most of his sons were
     born (35:26; 46:15). The petty, independent tribes of this
     region, each under its own prince, were warlike, and used
     chariots in battle. They maintained their independence till
     after the time of David, when they fell under the dominion of
     Assyria, and were absorbed into the empire (2 Kings 19:13).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Mesopotamia, between two rivers
  

















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