Babylonia

See also: Babylónia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Babylonia, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía),^[1] from Βαβυλων (Babulōn, “Babylon”) + -ία (-ía, forming place names for areas).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/

Proper noun

Babylonia

(historical) The realm of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), the Babylonian Empire.
(historical) The area of Babylon's empire, Mesopotamia itself.

Synonyms

(empire): Babylonian Empire, (in reference to the 2nd Babylonian Empire) Chaldea, Chaldean Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire
(region): Mesopotamia

Hyponyms

(southern Babylonia): Sumeria; Chaldea

Derived terms

Babylonian

Translations

ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia

Arabic: بَابِل‎‎ f (bābil)
Catalan: Babilònia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴比倫尼亞 (zh), 巴比伦尼亚 (zh) (Bābǐlúnníyà)
Czech: Babylónie (cs) f
Dutch: Babylonië n, Babylonische Rijk n
Finnish: Babylonia (fi)
French: Babylonie (fr) f, Babylone (fr)
German: Babylonien (de) n
Greek: Βαβυλωνία (el) f (Vavylonía)
Ancient: Βαβυλωνία f (Babulōnía)
Hungarian: Babilónia (hu)
Irish: An Bhablóinia f

Japanese: バビロニア (Babironia)
Maore Comorian: Ɓaɓiluna (Babiluna)
Marathi: बॅबिलॉनिया (bǎbilǒniyā)
Persian: بابل‎‎ (fa) (Bâbel)
Portuguese: Babilônia (pt) f, Babilónia (pt) f
Russian: Вавило́ния (ru) f (Vavilónija)
Serbo-Croatian: Babìlōnija (sh) f
Spanish: Babilonia (es)
Swedish: Babylonien n
Thai: อาณาจักรบาบิโลเนีย (aanaa jàk baabìlohnia)
Turkish: Babil (tr)
Volapük: Babülonän (vo)

See also

Babylon

References

↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Babylonian, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Babylonia f

Obsolete spelling of Babilónia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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