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How to pronounce babylon
IPA transcription: ['bæbə,lɑn]
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Noun
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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- The first historical references to the Samaritans date from the Babylonian Exile.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.