Northwestern Iraq
Northwestern Iraq is a region largely between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the northwestern part of Iraq.
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Northwestern Iraq
- Region
- Description: northern portion of region between Tigris and Euphrates rivers, now part of Iraq, Syria and Turkey
- Also known as“Al-Jazira”“Assyria”“Jazira”“Ninawa”“Nineveh”“The Iraqi Jazira”“Upper Iraq”“Upper Mesopotamia”“كهاف الخيل”
- Location
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Latitude of center
34.5338° or 34° 32′ 2″ north
Longitude of center
43.4837° or 43° 29′ 2″ east
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Northwestern Iraq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أعالي بلاد الرافدين”
- Arabic: “الجزيرة السورية”
- Arabic: “الجزيرة العراقية”
- Arabic: “الجزيرة الفراتية السورية”
- Arabic: “الجزيرة الفراتية”
- Arabic: “الجزيرة”
- Arabic: “منطقة الجزيرة”
- Armenian: “Ալ-Ջազիրա”
- Armenian: “Ջազիրա”
- Armenian: “Ջեզիրե”
- Azerbaijani: “Cəzirə”
- Basque: “Al-Jazira”
- Basque: “Goi Mesopotamia”
- Basque: “Mesopotamia Garaia”
- Bengali: “উত্তর-পশ্চিম ইরাক”
- Bulgarian: “Горна Месопотамия”
- Bulgarian: “Джазира”
- Bulgarian: “Джезире”
- Bulgarian: “Северна Месопотамия”
- Catalan: “Al-Jazira”
- Catalan: “Alta Mesopotàmia”
- Catalan: “Djezira”
- Central Kurdish: “ئەلجەزیرە”
- Central Kurdish: “جەزیرە”
- Central Kurdish: “جەزیرەی کوردستان”
- Central Kurdish: “مێزۆپۆتامیای سەروو”
- Chinese: “上美索不达米亚”
- Chinese: “上美索不達米亞”
- Chinese: “傑吉拉”
- Chinese: “加孜拉”
- Chinese: “賈茲拉平原”
- Chinese: “贾兹拉”
- Croatian: “Gornja Mezopotamija”
- Czech: “al-Džazíra”
- Czech: “Horní Mezopotámie”
- Dutch: “Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجزيره العراقيه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجزيره الفراتيه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلاد الرافدين العليا”
- Esperanto: “Supra Mezopotamio”
- French: “Al-Jazira”
- French: “Djézira”
- French: “Djezirah”
- French: “Djezireh”
- French: “Djézireh”
- French: “Haute Mésopotamie”
- French: “Jezirah”
- Georgian: “ჯეზირე”
- German: “Al Dschasira”
- German: “Al-Dschazira”
- German: “Dschazīra”
- Greek: “Άνω Μεσοποταμία”
- Hebrew: “ג’זירה”
- Hindi: “अल-जज़ीरा”
- Hungarian: “Dzsazíra”
- Indonesian: “Mesopotamia Hulu”
- Italian: “Giazira”
- Italian: “Jazira”
- Italian: “Jazīra”
- Italian: “Mesopotamia settentrionale”
- Japanese: “アルジャジーラ地方”
- Japanese: “ジャズィーラ”
- Japanese: “ジャズィーラ地方”
- Korean: “알자지라”
- Latvian: “Džezīras tuksnesis”
- Lithuanian: “Aukštutinė Mesopotamija”
- Lithuanian: “Džazira”
- Lithuanian: “Džezira”
- Lithuanian: “Džezirės plynaukštė”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Mesopotamija”
- Malay: “Al Jazira, Mesopotamia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Jazira i Mesopotamia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “al-Jazira”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jazirah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øvre Mesopotamia”
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ ܥܠܝܬܐ”
- Persian: “الجزیره عراق”
- Persian: “جزیره میانرودان”
- Persian: “جزیره”
- Persian: “میانرودان سفلی”
- Persian: “میانرودان شمالی”
- Polish: “Al-Dżazira”
- Polish: “Dżezira”
- Polish: “Górna Mezopotamia”
- Portuguese: “Al Jazira”
- Portuguese: “Al-Jazira”
- Portuguese: “Alta Mesopotâmia”
- Portuguese: “Djazirah”
- Portuguese: “Djezirah”
- Portuguese: “Djezireh”
- Portuguese: “Jazirah”
- Russian: “Джазира”
- Russian: “Джезире”
- Russian: “Эль-Джазире”
- Serbian: “Горња Месопотамија”
- Slovenian: “gornja Mezopotamija”
- Slovenian: “Gornja Mezopotamija”
- Spanish: “Alta Mesopotamia”
- Spanish: “Mesopotamia superior”
- Tajik: “Ҷазира”
- Tamil: “மேல் மெசொப்பொத்தேமியா”
- Thai: “เมโสโปเตเมียตอนบน”
- Turkish: “Yukarı Mezopotamya”
- Ukrainian: “Джезіре”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ فرات”
- Uzbek: “Jazira”
- Venetian: “Jazīra”
- Western Armenian: “Ճեզիրէ”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ فرات”
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