מֵישָׁן, (v. מֵישָׁא I) Meshan, Mesene, the island formed by the Euphrates, the Tigris and the Royal Canal. Kil. 49ᵇ תשעה נטלה מ׳ nine measures (of impudence) M. has carried off. Ib. 71ᵇ, a. e. מֵישׁוֹן מיתה M. is dead (for purity of descent), v. גּוֹסֵס. Yoma 10ᵃ (expl. רחבת עיר, Gen. X, 11) פרת דמ׳ Perath Meshan (v. Berl. Beitr. z. Geogr., p. 44). B. Kam. 97ᵇ יכול … הוציאו במ׳ he may say to him, pass it (the repealed coin) in Mesene. B. Bath. 73ᵃ דמיאשן; Sabb. 101ᵃ דמיש׳, v. בִּיצִּיתָא. Kidd. 72ᵇ, v. אִסְטַנְדְּרָא.