Chaldea

Meaning

An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.

Translations

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kælˈdi.ə/
Etymology

From Latin Chaldaea, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

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