Babylon

See also: babylon, Babylón, Ba-by-lon, and Ba-by-lôn

English

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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/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (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

2. (historical) An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 18:10:

     Standing afarre off for the feare of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great citie Babylon, that mighty citie: for in one houre is thy iudgement come.

3. A governate in Iraq.
4. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
   • 1921, Ben Travers, A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     Mother […] considered that the exclusiveness of Peter's circle was due not to its distinction, but to the fact that it was an inner Babylon of prodigality and whoredom, from which every Kensingtonian held aloof, except on the conventional tip-and-run excursions in pursuit of shopping, tea and theatres.

5. (Rastafari) Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.
6. (Jamaica, MLE) The police.
   • 2017 September 24, Emma Jones, “Crime, sexism and a near death experience - former police officer lifts the lid on the hidden secrets of the force”, in Daily Mirror‎:

     When I was the first officer on the scene at a nightclub brawl, I was picked up by the throat and strangled by a huge Rastafarian who was trying to kill me. I was losing consciousness when Marlon told him to let me go.
     I remember him saying, ‘She’s alright for Babylon. Put her down.’ He dropped me and I ran to the station with massive bruises around my neck.

7. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
8. A town and village therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.

Synonyms

• (police): See Thesaurus:police

Derived terms

• Babylonia
• Babylonian
• Babylonize
• Babylon the Great
• Babylon willow
• Whore of Babylon

Translations

capital of Babylonia

Akkadian: 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (bābili), 𒁷𒌁𒆠 (bābili) Arabic: بَابِل (ar) f (bābil) Aramaic: Hebrew: בָּבֶל (bāḇel) Syriac: ܒܒܠ (bāḇel) Armenian: Բաբելոն (hy) (Babelon) Bengali: বাবিল (bn) (babil), ব্যাবিলন (bn) (bêbilon), বাবেল (bn) (babel) Bulgarian: Вавило́н m (Vavilón) Catalan: Babilònia f Chinese: Mandarin: 巴比倫 / 巴比伦 (zh) (Bābǐlún) Czech: Babylón m Danish: Babylon Dutch: Babylon, Babel Egyptian: bbr Esperanto: Babilono (eo) Finnish: Babylonia (fi) French: Babylone (fr) f Galician: Babilonia (gl) German: Babylon (de) n Central Franconian: Babylon (Kölsch) Greek: Βαβυλώνα (el) f (Vavylóna) Ancient: Βαβυλών (Babulṓn) Gujarati: બાબિલ n (bābil) Hebrew: בָּבֶל (he) m (bável) Hindi: बाबिल (hi) m (bābil), बाबुल (hi) m (bābul), बाबेल m (bābel) Hungarian: Babilon (hu) Indonesian: Babel Irish: An Bhablóin f Italian: Babilonia (it) f Japanese: バビロン (Babiron) Kazakh: Бабыл (Babyl) Khmer: បាប៊ីឡូន (baabiiloun) Korean: 바빌론 (Babillon) Kyrgyz: Вавилон (Vavilon) Lao: ບາບີໂລນ (bā bī lōn) Latin: Babylon f Macedonian: Ва́вилон m (Vávilon) Manchu: ᠪᠠᠪᡳᠯᠣᠩ (babilong) Marathi: बॅबिलॉन (bĕbilŏn) Middle Persian: [script needed] (bʾbyl /⁠bābēl⁠/) Mwera: Bhabhuloni Northern Thai: ᨷᩤᨷᩥᩃᩰᩫ᩠ᨶ Old English: Babilōniġe f Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 m (b-a-b-i-ru-u-š /⁠Bābiru⁠/) Ottoman Turkish: بابل (Bābil) Persian: بابل (fa) (bâbel) Polish: Babilon (pl) m Portuguese: Brazilian: Babilônia (pt) f European: Babilónia (pt) f Russian: Вавило́н (ru) m (Vavilón) Scottish Gaelic: Bàbilon f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Бабилон m Roman: Bȁbilon (sh) m Shan: ပႃႇပုလုၼ်ႇ (pàa pǔ lùn) Spanish: Babilonia (es) f Swedish: Babylon (sv), Babel Telugu: బబులోను (babulōnu) Thai: บาบิโลน (th) (baa-bì-loon) Tumbuka: Babuloni Turkish: Babil (tr) Volapük: Babylon, Babülon Yiddish: בבֿל n (bovl)

Czech

Alternative forms

• Babylón

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbabɪlon]

Proper noun

Babylon m inan (relational adjective babylonský, demonym Babyloňan)

1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)

Declension

Declension of Babylon (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Babylon
genitive	Babylonu
dative	Babylonu
accusative	Babylon
vocative	Babylone
locative	Babyloně, Babylonu
instrumental	Babylonem

Further reading

• “Babylon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Danish

Proper noun

Babylon

1. (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

1. (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