Babylon

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɒn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɑn/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæb.ɪ.lɔn/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbɛb.ə.lɒn/, [ˈbɛb.ə.lɔ̟n] Rhymes: -æbɪlɒn === Proper noun === Babylon (historical) An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates. A governate in Iraq. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice. (Rastafari) Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion. (Jamaica, MLE) The police. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. A town and village therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. ==== Synonyms ==== (police): See Thesaurus:police ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Alternative forms === Babylón === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbabɪlon] === Proper noun === Babylon m inan (relational adjective babylonský, demonym Babyloňan) (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Babylon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 == Danish == === Proper noun === Babylon (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch Babylone, from Latin Babylōn, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών (Babulṓn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaː.biˌlɔn/ Hyphenation: Ba‧by‧lon === Proper noun === Babylon n (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates) Synonym: Babel ==== Derived terms ==== Babylonië Babylonisch ==== Related terms ==== Babel == Jamaican Creole == === Alternative forms === babylon, babilon === Etymology === From English Babylon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbabɪlan/ Hyphenation: Ba‧by‧lon === Proper noun === Babylon (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates) (slang) cops, police (law enforcement organisation) (slang) an oppressive government or system === References === == Latin == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈba.by.ɫoːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbaː.bi.lon] === Proper noun === Babylōn f (genitive Babylōnis); third declension (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. Also Greek forms Babylōna (accusative) and Babylōnos (genitive). ==== Related terms ==== === References === “Babylon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Babylon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Babylon”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2] “Babylon”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “Babylon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Old English == === Proper noun === Babylōn f alternative form of Babilōn == Scots == === Proper noun === Babylon (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates) == Swedish == === Etymology === From Latin Babylon, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών (Babulṓn), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim). === Proper noun === Babylon (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates) === References === Babylon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)