Nebuchadnezzar

English

Alternative forms

• Nabuchodonosor

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur, “Nabu protect my boundary/heir”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛbəkədˈnɛzɚ/, /ˌnɛbəkəˈnɛzɚ/

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Proper noun

Nebuchadnezzar

1. A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E.. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.

Translations

a ruler of Babylon

• Arabic: بُخْتُ نَصَّر m (buḵtu naṣṣar) (used by Muslims), نِبُوخَذْنِصَّر m (nibūḵaḏniṣṣar) (used by Christians)
• Armenian: Նաբուքոդոնոսոր (Nabukʻodonosor)

  Old Armenian: Նաբուքոդոնոսոր (Nabukʻodonosor)

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ܲܕܢܵܨܲܪ m (nāḇuḵadnāṣar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尼布甲尼撒 (zh) (Níbùjiǎnísā)

• Finnish: Nebukadnessar
• German: Nebukadnezar (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂 m (nabukaudaunausaur)
• Greek: Ναβουχοδονόσορ (Navouchodonósor)

  Ancient Greek: Ναβουχοδονόσορ (Naboukhodonósor), Ναβουκοδρόσορος (Naboukodrósoros)

• Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר m (Nevuchadnetzar)
• Italian: Nabucodonosor
• Latin: Nabuchodonosor
• Macedonian: Навукодоно́сор m (Navukodonósor)
• Maori: Nepukaneha
• Middle English: Nabugodonosor
• Neapolitan: Nabuccodonosor
• Old Persian: 𐎴𐎲𐎢𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎨𐎼 (n-b-u-ku-u-d-r-c-r)
• Persian: بخت نصر (boxto-nassar)
• Portuguese: Nabucodonosor m
• Russian: Навуходоно́сор m (Navuxodonósor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Набукодонозор m

  Roman: Nabukodonozor m

• Spanish: Nabucodonosor
• Tagalog: Nabukodonosor
• Urdu: بَخْتُ نَصَّر m (baxtu naṣṣar), بَخْتُ نَصَّر بابِلی m (baxtu naṣṣar bābilī)
• Welsh: Nebuchadnesar m

Noun

Nebuchadnezzar (plural Nebuchadnezzars)

1. A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.