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Babylon.

An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.

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name/ˈbæb.ɪ.lɒn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbæb.ɪ.lɑn/Canada, General-American/ˈbæb.ɪ.lɔn/Australia/ˈbɛb.ə.lɒn/New-Zealand
  1. An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.

    historical
  2. A governate in Iraq.

  3. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.

  4. Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.

    Rastafari
  5. The police.

    Jamaica · Multicultural-London-English
  6. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.

  7. A town and village therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.

  8. A surname.

Where this word comes from

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.

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