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
Derived terms
Translations
ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia
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See also
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Babylonian, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía), derived from Βαβυλών (Babulṓn, “Babylon”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ba.byˈloː.ni.a/, [ba.bʏˈɫoː.ni.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ba.biˈlo.ni.a/, [ba.biˈloː.ni.a]
- (Vulgar) IPA(key): /βa.βeˈloː.ni.a/, [ba.βeˈlo.nʲa]
Inflection
First declension, with locative.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Babylōnia |
Genitive | Babylōniae |
Dative | Babylōniae |
Accusative | Babylōniam |
Ablative | Babylōniā |
Vocative | Babylōnia |
Locative | Babylōniae |
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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