Babylon

English

Etymology

From Latin Babylōn, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών, from Akkadian bāb ili ‘Gate of God’, translation of Sumerian Ka-dingir; the name of the ancient Chaldean capital and Biblical city of the Apocalypse.

Proper noun

Babylon

1. Capital of Babylonia in the 2nd and 1st century BC.
2. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
3. (Rastafarianism) Term for the so-called white man's civilization.

Translations

capital of Babylonia

Aramaic: Syriac: ܒܒܠ (Bāvēl, Bovēl) Armenian: Բաբելոն (hy) (Babelon) Chinese: Mandarin: 巴比倫 (cmn), 巴比伦 (cmn) (Bābǐlún) Dutch: Babylon (nl), Babel (nl) Finnish: Babylonia (fi) French: Babylone (fr) f. Greek: Βαβυλώνα (el) (Vavylóna) f. Hebrew: בָּבֶל (bavel) Irish: An Bhablóin (ga) f.

Korean: 바빌론 Latin: Babylon (la) Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢𐏁 (Bābirauš) Portuguese: Babilônia (pt) Russian: Вавилон m. (Vavilon) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Бабилон (sh) m. Roman: Bȁbilon (sh) m. Spanish: Babilonia (es) f. Turkish: Babil (tr) Volapük: Babylon (vo), Babülon (vo)

Derived terms

• Babylonia
• Babylonian

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Latin

Proper noun

Babylōn (genitive Babylōnis); f, third declension

1. (geography) Babylon

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Babylōn	Babylōnēs
genitive	Babylōnis	Babylōnum
dative	Babylōnī	Babylōnibus
accusative	Babylōnem	Babylōnēs
ablative	Babylōne	Babylōnibus
vocative	Babylōn	Babylōnēs

Related terms

• Babylōnia
• Babylōniacus
• Babylōnicus
• Babylōniensis
• Babylōnius

References

Babylon in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879