Babylon

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Derived terms 2 Latin 2.1 Proper noun 2.2 Related terms

English

Etymology

Latin Babylōn, from Greek Βαβυλών, from Hebrew בבל (English Babel), from Akkadian bāb ili ‘gate of God’; the name of the ancient Chaldean capital and Biblical city of the Apocalypse.

Proper noun

Babylon

1. Capital of Babylonia in the 2nd and 1st century BC.
2. Any city of great wealth,luxury and vice.
3. (Rastafarianism) Term for the so-called white man's civilization.

Translations

Chinese: Simplified: 巴比伦 Traditional: 巴比倫 French: Babylone f Hebrew: בָּבֶל

Korean: 바빌론 Latin: Babylon Russian: Вавилон m (Babilon)

Derived terms

• Babylonia
• Babylonian

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Latin

Proper noun

Babylōn, -ōnis f

1. Babylon

Related terms

• Babylonia
• Babyloniacus
• Babylonicus
• Babyloniensis
• Babyloniusit:Babylon