(n) an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king), Syn. Chaldea, Chaldaea

babylonian

(n) an inhabitant of ancient Babylon

babylonian

(n) the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written

babylonian

(adj) of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture, Example:Babylonian religion

babylonian captivity

(n) the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Babylonian

prop. n. 1. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology. [ 1913 Webster ]

Babylonian

a. Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean. [ 1913 Webster ]

Babylonical

{ } a. 1. Pertaining to Babylon, or made there; as, Babylonic garments, carpets, or hangings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tumultuous; disorderly. [ Obs. ] Sir J. Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

Babylonish

a. 1. Of or pertaining to, or made in, Babylon or Babylonia. “A Babylonish garment.” Josh. vii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the Babylon of Revelation xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to Rome and papal power. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. Gage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Confused; Babel-like. [ 1913 Webster ]

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巴比伦

[巴比伦 / 巴比倫, Bā bǐ lún] Babylon #45317

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柳(P);楊;楊柳

[やなぎ(P);ようりゅう(楊柳), yanagi (P); youryuu ( you yanagi )] (n) (1) willow (any tree of genus Salix); (2) (やなぎ only) (See 枝垂れ柳) weeping willow (Salix babylonica); (P) #3600

貝

[ばい;バイ, bai ; bai] (n) (1) (uk) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; (2) (abbr) (See 貝独楽) spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell) #7195

バビロン

[babiron] (n) { comp } Babylon

バビロン捕囚

[バビロンほしゅう, babiron hoshuu] (n) Babylonian Captivity (of the Israelites, 586 BC - 539 BC)

貝独楽

[ばいごま;べいごま;べえごま;ベーゴマ, baigoma ; beigoma ; beegoma ; be-goma] (n) (uk) spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)

世界四大文明

[せかいよんだいぶんめい, sekaiyondaibunmei] (n) the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)

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バビロン

[ばびろん, babiron] Babylon

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