Chaldea

Chaldea

See also: chaldea

English

Alternative forms

• Chaldæa (archaic)
• Chaldaea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælˈdi.ə/

Proper noun

Chaldea

1. A region 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.

Related terms

• Chaldean

Translations

region in the southern portion of Babylonia

Armenian: Քաղդեա (Kʿałdea) Catalan: Caldea f Chinese: Mandarin: 迦勒底 (Jiālèdǐ) Czech: Chaldea f Danish: Kaldæa Dutch: Chaldea (nl) Esperanto: Ĥaldeio, Ĥaldeujo Estonian: Kaldea Finnish: Kaldea (fi) French: Chaldée (fr) f Galician: Caldea (gl) Greek: Ancient: Χαλδαία (Khaldaía) Hungarian: káld Irish: an Chaildé f Lao: ເຄນເດຍ (khēn dīa) Latin: Chaldaea Northern Thai: ᨤᩮ᩠ᩃᨯᩮ᩠ᨿ Polish: Chaldeja f Portuguese: Caldeia (pt) f Russian: Халде́я (Xaldéja) Shan: ၶႃႇလတေး (khàa lǎ tée) Spanish: Caldea f Swedish: Kaldéen n Thai: เคลเดีย

Further reading

• Chaldea at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxaldɛa]

Proper noun

Chaldea f

1. Chaldea

Derived terms

• Chaldejec
• chaldejský
• chaldejština

Further reading

• Chaldea in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Chaldea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989