Babylonian

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient Greek Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)) +‎ -an. By surface analysis, Babylon +‎ -ian. Piecewise doublet of Babelian. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bæbɪˈləʊnɪ.ən/ (US) IPA(key): /bæbɪˈloʊnɪ.ən/ Rhymes: -əʊniən === Adjective === Babylonian (not comparable) (historical) Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire. [from 16th c.] (obsolete, derogatory) Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18). [16th–19th c.] Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. [from 17th c.]. 1926, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Ghost of Gideon Wise” in The Incredulity of Father Brown: The first was in the Babylonian halls of the big hotel, which was the meeting place of the three commercial magnates concerned with arranging for a coal lock-out and denouncing it as a coal strike, ==== Synonyms ==== (pertaining to Babylon): Babylonic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Babylonian (plural Babylonians) An inhabitant of the city of Babylon. An inhabitant of Babylonia, which included Chaldea; a Chaldean. An astrologer; so called because the Chaldeans were remarkable for the study of astrology. ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Babylonian A later form of the Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia from 1950 BCE to 100 CE. ==== Derived terms ==== Assyro-Babylonian ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Babylonian, tmr ⁠