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Babylonian
[ bab-uh-loh-nee-uhn, -lohn-yuhn ]
noun
- an inhabitant of ancient Babylonia.
- the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Babylonia. Compare Akkadian ( def 1 ).
Babylonian
/ ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪən /
noun
- an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- the extinct language of Babylonia, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a dialect of Akkadian
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Babylon or Babylonia, its people, or their language
- decadent or depraved
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Other Words From
- post-Bab·y·loni·an adjective
- pre-Bab·y·loni·an adjective
- pseudo-Baby·loni·an adjective noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Babylonian1
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Example Sentences
Of the history of the tablets in question, which are all in the Old Babylonian character, we have no information.
In the Accadian the order is 'woman and man,' in the Assyro-Babylonian translation, 'man and woman.'
The president of the college of Sora was the second in rank in the Judo-Babylonian community.
An unimportant circumstance revealed the moral corruption of the Jewish Babylonian chiefs.
The institutions, too, and the traditions of Babylonian-Persian Judaism showed manifest signs of decay at this time.
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