Babylon

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (historical) An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.
  2. A governate in Iraq.
  3. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
  4. (Rastafari) Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.
  5. (Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English) The police.
  6. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
  7. A town and village therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.

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Babylonian Empire

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈbæb.ɪ.lɒn/
Etimologia (Inglese)

Partially inherited from Old English Babilōn/Babȳlōn, partially from Latin Babylōn, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών (Babulṓn), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, literally “Gate of God”); the name of the ancient Chaldean capital and Biblical city of the Apocalypse. Doublet of Babel.

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