"Tower of Babel" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Tower of Babel [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Tower of Babel}} the Tower of Babel
  1. (biblical) A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another. Categories (topical): Bible Translations (tower erected at Babel): Kulla e Babelit [feminine] (Albanian), የባቢሎን ግንብ (yäbabilon gənb) (Amharic), بُرْج بَابِل (burj bābil) (Arabic), Բաբելոնյան աշտարակ (Babelonyan aštarak) (Armenian), Torre de Babel [feminine] (Asturian), Babelgo dorrea (Basque), Torre de Babel [feminine] (Catalan), 巴別塔 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴别塔 (bābiétǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Babil qullesi (Crimean Tatar), Babelstårnet (Danish), toren van Babel [masculine] (Dutch), 巴別塔 (Eastern Min Chinese), 巴别塔 (Bă-biĕk-ták) (Eastern Min Chinese), Babela turo (Esperanto), Baabelin torni (Finnish), tour de Babel [feminine] (French), Torre de Babel [feminine] (Galician), ბაბილონის გოდოლი (babilonis godoli) (Georgian), Turmbau zu Babel [masculine] (German), Πύργος της Βαβέλ (Pýrgos tis Vavél) [masculine] (Greek), מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (migdál bavél) [masculine] (Hebrew), Túr Bháibil [masculine] (Irish), Torre di Babele [feminine] (Italian), バベルの塔 (Baberu no tō) (Japanese), 바벨탑 (english: Babel-tap) (Korean), 바벨의 탑 (Baber-ui tap) (Korean), Turris Babel (Latin), Bābeles tornis [masculine] (Latvian), Babelio bokštas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Torre de Babel [feminine] (Occitan), برج بابل (borj-e bâbel) (Persian), wieża Babel [feminine] (Polish), Torre de Babel [feminine] (Portuguese), Turnul Babel [neuter] (Romanian), Вавило́нская ба́шня (Vavilónskaja bášnja) [feminine] (Russian), Turri di Babbeli [feminine] (Sicilian), babylonská veža [feminine] (Slovak), Torre de Babel [feminine] (Spanish), Toren fu Babel (Sranan Tongo), Babels torn (Swedish), หอคอยบาเบล (hŏr koi baabayn) (Thai), Babil Kulesi (Turkish), Вавило́нська ве́жа (Vavylónsʹka véža) [feminine] (Ukrainian), بابل کا برج (bābil kā burj) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Tower_of_Babel-en-name-rKtjc~5h Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion

Noun

Forms: Towers of Babel [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|Towers of Babel|head=Tower of Babel}} Tower of Babel (plural Towers of Babel)
  1. (figuratively) A visionary and impractical plan. Tags: figuratively
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  2. Alternative spelling of tower of Babel Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tower of Babel
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