subs. (obsolete).—1. Belgravia; CUBITOPOLIS (q.v.). Cf. ASIA MINOR, NEW JERUSALEM, etc.
1864. YATES, Broken to Harness, xv. p. 143 (1873). A house in Great Adullam Street, Macpelah Square, in that district of London whilom known as MESOPOTAMIA.
2. (Oxford University).—See quot.
1886. Pall Mall Gazette, 21 June, p. 13. Every Oxford man has known and loved the beauties of the walk called MESOPOTAMIA.
THE TRUE MESOPOTAMIA RING, phr. (common).—High-sounding and pleasing, but wholly past comprehension. [In allusion to the story of the old woman who told her pastor that she found great support in that blessed word MESOPOTAMIA.]
