Babylonian
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Babylonian
- /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/ UK
- /bæbɪˈloʊnɪ.ən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊniən
Where it comes from
From Latin Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient Greek Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)) + -an. By surface analysis, Babylon + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Babelian.
adjective
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Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire.
Similar: Babylonic
- Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18). [W]e, on our parts, have learned to speak only the primitive language of the law, and not the confused jargon of their Babylonian pulpits.
- Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. . The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike,
noun Babylonians
- An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
- An inhabitant of Babylonia, which included Chaldea; a Chaldean.
- An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
proper noun
- A later form of the Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia from 1950 BCE to 100 CE.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mesopotamian, akkadian, chaldean, assyro-babylonian, babylonic, babylonish, kassite, sumerian, babelic, euphratean, chaldaean, neo-babylonian, amoritic, babelian, babylonical, baalish
Translations
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adj pertaining to the city or empire of Babylon
| Español | babilonio |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | बाबिली bābilī |
| Português | babilónico, babilônico, babilónio, babilônio |
| Français | babylonien |
| Deutsch | babylonisch |
| Italiano | babilonico |
| Ελληνικά | βαβυλωνιακός vavyloniakós |
| Русский | вавило́нский vavilónskij |
noun person from the city of Babylon
| हिन्दी | बाबिली bābilī |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Babylonier, Babylonierin |
| Ελληνικά | Βαβυλώνιος Vavylónios, Βαβυλώνια Vavylónia |
| Русский | вавило́нянин vavilónjanin, вавило́нянка vavilónjanka |
noun person from the kingdom of Babylonia
| हिन्दी | बाबिली bābilī |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Babylonier, Babylonierin |
| Русский | вавило́нянин vavilónjanin, вавило́нянка vavilónjanka |
name Akkadian language
| हिन्दी | बाबिली bābilī |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Babylonisch |
Talk about this word "Babylonian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/babylonian. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Babylonian. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/babylonian "Babylonian." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/babylonian.Cite this
@misc{babylonian_2026,
title = {Babylonian},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/babylonian},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
