Babylonian – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Babylonian
adj.
of or pertaining to Babylon or the Babylonian Empire (ancient empire in southwest Asia)
n.
resident of the ancient city Babylon or of the Babylonian Empire (ancient empire in southwest Asia)
Babylonian
Babylonian may refer to:
- Babylon, a Semitic Akkadian city-state of ancient Mesopotamia founded in 1894 BC
- Babylonia, an ancient Akkadian-speaking Semitic nation state and cultural region based in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq)
- Babylonian language, a dialect of the Akkadian language
Babylonian
Noun
1. an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
(hypernym) Semite
(hyponym) Sumerian
2. the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
(hypernym) cuneiform
(classification) Babylon
Adjective
1. of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture; "Babylonian religion"
(pertainym) Babylon
Babylonian
(n.)
An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a Chaldean.
(n.)
An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Babylonian
Synonyms and related words:
Corinthian, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, extravagant, fancy, fine, glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, noble, palatial, plush, posh, princely, proud, ritzy, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, stately, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
