What does Babylonian mean?

Definitions for Babylonian
ˌbæb əˈloʊ ni ən, -ˈloʊn yənbaby·lo·ni·an

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Babyloniannoun

    an inhabitant of ancient Babylon

  2. Babylonianadjective

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

  3. Babylonianadjective

    of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture

    "Babylonian religion"

Wiktionary

  1. Babyloniannoun

    An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.

  2. Babyloniannoun

    An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.

  3. Babyloniannoun

    An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.

  4. Babylonianadjective

    Of or pertaining to the real (or to the mystical) Babylon

  5. Babylonianadjective

    Of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldea.

  6. Babyloniannoun

    The extinct Akkadian (includes Babylonian and Assyrian diatects) language.

ChatGPT

  1. babylonian

    Babylonian refers to anything associated with or originating from Babylon, an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq. This can include Babylonian culture, language, architecture, mathematics, laws, and more. It is also used to refer to inhabitants of Babylon or the period of history when Babylon was a major world power (circa 1894 BC to 539 BC).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Babylonianadjective

    of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean

  2. Babyloniannoun

    an inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean

  3. Babyloniannoun

    an astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Babylonian

    bab-i-lōn′i-an, adj. pertaining to Babylon: hence (fig.) huge, gigantic: Romish, popish (obs. from the identification with Rome of the scarlet woman of Rev. xvii.); Babel-like, confused in language.—Also Babylon′ish.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Babylonian in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Babylonian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Babylonian in a Sentence

  1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    fire pon rome- the rastaman did sing this truth, and like so many he suffered the consequences in babylon. Babylonian catholicism tried to silence him, yet rome was destroyed by nero in an a.D. 64 fire.- the truth.

  2. Ianir Milevski:

    We have no writing during that period so we know little about them, we do not know what language they spoke but we assume it was an early Semitic language, from which Babylonian and Akkadian evolved and later also Hebrew and Arabic.

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