Beth Nahrain

Beth Nahrain (Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ; "the house/land of the rivers") is the Neo-Aramaic name for Mesopotamia (a Greek word which means "the land between the rivers"). It refers to the rivers Frot (Euphrates) and Deqlath (Tigris), in and around the modern-day countries of Turkey, Syria and Iraq. Unlike the Greek name, the Neo-Aramaic name loosely describes the area of the rivers, not between. This larger area roughly encompasses Iraq, Syria, southeast Turkey, Lebanon, western Iran and northern Jordan. The Syriacs (who are also known as Arameans, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, among other names; all of whom speak Syriac) view themselves as the indigenous inhabitants of Beth Nahrain.