"Babylon" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɒn/ [UK], /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɑn/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Babylon.wav
Rhymes: -æbɪlɒn Etymology: Partially inherited from Old English Babilōn/Babȳlōn, partially from Latin Babylōn, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών (Babulṓn), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, literally “Gate of God”); the name of the ancient Chaldean capital and Biblical city of the Apocalypse. Doublet of Babel. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|Babilōn}} Old English Babilōn, {{der|en|la|Babylōn}} Latin Babylōn, {{der|en|grc|Βαβυλών}} Ancient Greek Βαβυλών (Babulṓn), {{der|en|akk|Bābilim|𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠|lit=Gate of God|tr=Bābilim}} Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, literally “Gate of God”), {{doublet|en|Babel}} Doublet of Babel Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Babylon
  1. (historical) An ancient city in Mesopotamia, built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia. Tags: historical Categories (place): Ancient settlements Translations (capital of Babylonia): 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (bābili) (Akkadian), 𒁷𒌁𒆠 (bābili) (Akkadian), Βαβυλών (Babulṓn) (Ancient Greek), بَابِل (bābil) [feminine] (Arabic), בָּבֶל (bāḇel) [Hebrew] (Aramaic), ܒܒܠ (bāḇel) [Syriac] (Aramaic), Բաբելոն (Babelon) (Armenian), বাবেল (babel) (Bengali), Вавило́н (Vavilón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Babilònia [feminine] (Catalan), Babylon [Kölsch] (Central Franconian), 巴比倫 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴比伦 (Bābǐlún) (Chinese Mandarin), Babylón [masculine] (Czech), Babylon (Danish), Babylon (Dutch), Babel (Dutch), bbr (Egyptian), Babylonia (Finnish), Babylone [feminine] (French), Babylon [neuter] (German), Βαβυλώνα (Vavylóna) [feminine] (Greek), בָּבֶל (bável) [masculine] (Hebrew), बाबिल (bābil) [masculine] (Hindi), बाबुल (bābul) [masculine] (Hindi), बाबेल (bābel) [masculine] (Hindi), Babilon (Hungarian), Babel (Indonesian), An Bhablóin [feminine] (Irish), Babilonia [feminine] (Italian), バビロン (Babiron) (Japanese), Бабыл (Babyl) (Kazakh), បាប៊ីឡូន (baabiiloun) (Khmer), 바빌론 (Babillon) (Korean), Вавилон (Vavilon) (Kyrgyz), ບາບີໂລນ (bā bī lōn) (Lao), Babylon [feminine] (Latin), Ва́вилон (Vávilon) [masculine] (Macedonian), ᠪᠠᠪᡳᠯᠣᠩ (babilong) (Manchu), बॅबिलॉन (bĕbilŏn) (Marathi), ᨷᩤᨷᩥᩃᩰᩫ᩠ᨶ (Northern Thai), Babilōniġe [feminine] (Old English), 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 (alt: b-a-b-i-ru-u-š /⁠Bābiru⁠/) [masculine] (Old Persian), بابل (Bābil) (Ottoman Turkish), بابل (bâbel) (Persian), Babilon [masculine] (Polish), Babilônia [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), Babilónia [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), Вавило́н (Vavilón) [masculine] (Russian), Бабилон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bȁbilon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ပႃႇပုလုၼ်ႇ (pàa pǔ lùn) (Shan), Babilonia [feminine] (Spanish), Babylon (Swedish), Babel (Swedish), บาบิโลน (baa-bì-loon) (Thai), Babil (Turkish), Babylon (Volapük), Babülon (Volapük), בבֿל (bovl) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Babylon-en-name-sXatRmGX Disambiguation of 'capital of Babylonia': 71 4 0 1 1 12 11
  2. A governate in Iraq. Categories (place): Places in Iraq
    Sense id: en-Babylon-en-name-JtHTFz3G
  3. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
    Sense id: en-Babylon-en-name-yMEwIBJe
  4. (Rastafari) Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion. Tags: Rastafari Categories (topical): Rastafari
    Sense id: en-Babylon-en-name-J6cbN2oN
  5. (Jamaica, MLE) The police. Tags: Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English
    Sense id: en-Babylon-en-name-ArbpzIom Categories (other): Jamaican English, Multicultural London English
  6. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. Categories (topical): Babylonia Categories (place): Places in Illinois, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA, Unincorporated communities in the United States, Historical capitals
    Sense id: en-Babylon-en-name-4dWaB4pv Disambiguation of Babylonia: 14 4 4 6 5 51 15 Disambiguation of Historical capitals: 15 5 5 8 6 42 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Akkadian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Aramaic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Central Franconian translations, Terms with Classical Syriac translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, 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Volapük translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 6 6 11 9 32 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 5 6 11 8 38 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 11 5 5 8 7 31 17 11 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 6 5 10 8 28 13 12 5 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Akkadian translations: 16 5 5 7 5 39 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 20 5 5 8 4 33 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 8 5 6 11 5 40 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Aramaic translations: 16 6 5 9 5 38 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 8 5 5 10 5 42 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 9 5 6 11 5 42 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 5 5 9 5 43 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 5 5 9 5 42 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Franconian translations: 10 5 5 8 7 44 21 Disambiguation of Terms with 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translations: 8 5 6 9 5 41 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 10 5 5 9 5 38 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 5 6 9 5 42 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 5 5 10 5 43 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 4 4 7 4 44 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 5 5 8 6 46 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 5 6 9 5 42 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Shan translations: 8 5 5 9 5 42 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 5 5 9 7 45 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 5 5 9 5 42 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 9 5 5 11 5 43 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 5 5 9 5 42 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 11 5 5 7 5 46 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 8 5 6 9 5 42 25
  7. A town and village therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. Categories (place): Places in New York, USA, Places in the United States, Towns in New York, USA, Towns in the United States, Villages in New York, USA, Villages in the United States
    Sense id: en-Babylon-en-name-0HPfgD1Y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: police [police, law-enforcement] Derived forms: Babylonia, Babylonian, Babylon the Great, Babylon willow, Whore of Babylon
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          "word": "បាប៊ីឡូន"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Babillon",
          "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
          "word": "바빌론"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "Vavilon",
          "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
          "word": "Вавилон"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 0 1 1 12 11",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bā bī lōn",
          "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
          "word": "ບາບີໂລນ"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "Vávilon",
          "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
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          "word": "Ва́вилон"
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 0 1 1 12 11",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "babilong",
          "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
          "word": "ᠪᠠᠪᡳᠯᠣᠩ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 0 1 1 12 11",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "bĕbilŏn",
          "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
          "word": "बॅबिलॉन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 0 1 1 12 11",
          "code": "pal",
          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "note": "[script needed] (bʾbyl /⁠bābēl⁠/)",
          "sense": "capital of Babylonia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 4 0 1 1 12 11",
          "code": "nod",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Babilônia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Babilónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vavilón",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Вавило́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Бабилон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bȁbilon"
    },
    {
      "code": "shn",
      "lang": "Shan",
      "roman": "pàa pǔ lùn",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "word": "ပႃႇပုလုၼ်ႇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Babilonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "word": "Babylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "word": "Babel"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "baa-bì-loon",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "word": "บาบิโลน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "word": "Babil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "word": "Babylon"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "word": "Babülon"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bovl",
      "sense": "capital of Babylonia",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "בבֿל"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Babylon (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "Babylon"
}

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