Babylonia

Babylonia

See also: Babylónia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Babylonia, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía),[1] from Βαβυλων (Babulōn, “Babylon”) + -ία (-ía, forming place names for areas).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/

Proper noun

Babylonia

1. (historical) The realm of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), the Babylonian Empire.
2. (historical) The area of Babylon's empire, Mesopotamia itself.

Synonyms

• (empire): Babylonian Empire, (in reference to the 2nd Babylonian Empire) Chaldea, Chaldean Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire
• (region): Mesopotamia

Hyponyms

• (southern Babylonia): Sumeria; Chaldea

Derived terms

• Babylonian

Translations

ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia

Arabic: بَابِل‎ (ar) f (bābil) Catalan: Babilònia f Chinese: Mandarin: 巴比倫尼亞／巴比伦尼亚 (zh) (Bābǐlúnníyà) Czech: Babylónie (cs) f Dutch: Babylonië n, Babylonische Rijk n Egyptian: (sꜣngꜣr) Finnish: Babylonia (fi) French: Babylonie (fr) f, Babylone (fr) German: Babylonien (de) n Greek: Βαβυλωνία (el) f (Vavylonía) Ancient: Βαβυλωνία f (Babulōnía) Hindi: बाबिल (hi) m (bābil), बाबुल (hi) m (bābul) Hungarian: Babilónia (hu) Irish: An Bhablóinia f Japanese: バビロニア (Babironia) Macedonian: Вавило́нија f (Vavilónija) Maore Comorian: Ɓaɓiluna Marathi: बॅबिलॉनिया (bĕbilŏniyā) Persian: بابل‎ (fa) (bâbel) Polish: Babilonia (pl) f Portuguese: Babilônia (pt) f (Brazil), Babilónia (pt) f (Portugal) Russian: Вавило́ния (ru) f (Vavilónija) Serbo-Croatian: Babìlōnija (sh) f Spanish: Babilonia (es) Swedish: Babylonien n Thai: อาณาจักรบาบิโลเนีย (aanaa jàk baabìlohnia) Turkish: Babil (tr) Volapük: Babülonän (vo)

See also

• Babylon

References

1. Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Babylonian, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía), derived from Βαβυλών (Babulṓn, “Babylon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ba.byˈloː.ni.a/, [bäbʏˈɫ̪oːniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ba.biˈlo.ni.a/, [bäbiˈlɔːniä]

Proper noun

Babylōnia f sg (genitive Babylōniae); first declension

1. Babylonia
2. Babylon

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Babylōnia
Genitive	Babylōniae
Dative	Babylōniae
Accusative	Babylōniam
Ablative	Babylōniā
Vocative	Babylōnia
Locative	Babylōniae

Descendants

• Catalan: Babilònia
• → English: Babylonia
• Italian: Babilonia

References

• Babylonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Babylonia f

1. Obsolete spelling of Babilónia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).