Mesopotamia (, from the "[land] between rivers"; from Ancient Armenian՝ Միջագետք(Mijagetq), bilād ar-rāfidayn; miyān rodān; Beth Nahrain "land of rivers") is a name for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, roughly corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Syria and Kuwait, including regions along the Turkish-Syrian and Iran–Iraq borders.