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Record 1 2004-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

A river in Southwest Asia, flowing from east Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles(2735 kilometres) long.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Fleuve de l'Asie occidentale, qui draine les parties orientales de la Turquie et de la Syrie, traverse l'Iraq et aboutit (par le Chatt al-'Arab) au golfe Persique; 2 780 kilomètres.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
DEF

Hot, dust-laden, northwest wind in the lower valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and in the Persian Gulf.

OBS

It may set in suddenly at any time, and generally lasts from one to five days, dying down at night and freshening again by day; however, in June and early July it continues almost without cessation (the great or forty-day shamal). Although the wind rarely exceeds 13 m s1 (30 mph), it is very hot, dry, and dusty. The sky is cloudless but the haze is often so thick as to obscure the land, making navigation dangerous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
DEF

Vent chaud du nord-ouest, chargé de poussière, affectant la partie inférieure de la vallée du Tigre et de l'Euphrate et le golfe Persique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
DEF

Viento del noroeste, cálido y cargado de polvo, que sopla en la parte inferior del valle del Tigris y del Eufrates, y en el Golfo Pérsico.

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Record 3 2001-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography (General)
DEF

A region between rivers.

OBS

From "Mesopotamia", in ancient history, the name given to the lower bassin extending between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. A common designation derived from a proper name.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique (Généralités)
DEF

Pays compris entre deux fleuves (par exemple, en Amérique, du Sud, la Mésopotamie argentine, entre les fleuves Parana et Uruguay).

OBS

De «Mésopotamie», région de l'histoire ancienne formée du bassin alluvial s'étendant entre les fleuves Tigre et Euphrate. Formé de «méso-» (au milieu de) et du grec «potamos» (rivière); un générique dérivé d'un spécifique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
  • Archaeology
DEF

The region in southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, extending from the mountains of Asia Minor on the north to the Persian Gulf on the south.

OBS

Mesopotamia was the name of a region in ancient history; it can still be located on modern maps though the region now extends over Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey. Literally, "Mesopotamia" means "a region between rivers".

OBS

Mesopotamia is a lower region between two rivers, a kind of "river valley". Nevertheless, it is incorrect to say "Mesopotamia River Valley" because there is no river of that name making "the valley of Mesopotamia River" impossible, and because Mesopotamia is not only of a valley type of land.

OBS

Inhabitant : Mesopotamian. Adjective : mesopotamian(of a region between rivers) ;Mesopotamian(of the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers).

Key term(s)
  • a region between rivers
  • Mesopotamia Valley
  • Mesopotamia River Valley

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Région de l'Asie occidentale entre le Tigre et l'Euphrate.

OBS

La Mésopotamie, région dont le nom remonte à l'histoire ancienne, peut encore être localisée sur les cartes actuelles, bien que le bassin alluvial s'étendant entre le Tigre et l'Euphrate soit actuellement partagé entre l'Iraq, (qui en possède la plus grande partie), l'Iran, la Syrie et la Turquie. Littéralement, «Mésopotamie» signifie «le pays entre les deux fleuves».

OBS

La Mésopotamie est une région basse entre deux fleuves. Dire «la vallée de la Mésopotamie» ne doit pas être compris comme «la vallée de la rivière Mésopotamie» puisqu'il n'existe aucune rivière ou cours d'eau de ce nom; il faut l'entendre comme «la portion de la Mésopotamie qui est une vallée, une plaine».

OBS

Habitant : Mésopotamien, Mésopotamienne. Adjectif : mésopotamien, mésopotamienne.

Key term(s)
  • le pays entre les deux fleuves
  • pays des deux fleuves
  • vallée de la Mésopotamie
  • vallée de la rivière Mésopotamie

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a non-Semitic people mentioned for the first time in 24 centuries B. C. in a kingdom located beyond Tigris. In early XIX c. B. C. they occupy N Assur. With Semites they form the population of Syria and Palestine in the 17th century and introduce horse and car into war.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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