Chaldea
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- Chaldæa (archaic)
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaia).
[edit] Proper noun
Chaldea
- a nation in the southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.