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How to pronounce babylon

IPA transcription: ['bæbə,lɑn]

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Noun

  • the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia

Usage examples

  • The first historical references to the Samaritans date from the Babylonian Exile.
  • In ancient Babylonia, each city had its own Gingira.
  • From this period on, one speaks of Neo-Babylonian and Neo-Assyrian.
  • Ashur-uballit stopped the Babylonian army at Sugagu, not far south from the capital Assur.
  • Sumerians, Babylonians and Eblaites all had their own clay tablet libraries.
  • The Babylonian knew the usual rules to measure volumes and areas.
  • He was succeeded as head of the Stoic school by Diogenes of Babylon.
  • It has also been reprinted in "Last Exit to Babylon".
  • He is the last king who has years attested in most Babylonian records.
  • There is no Gemara for "Keilim" in either the Babylonian or Jerusalem Talmud.