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Babylonian

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Noun

1. babylonian

an inhabitant of ancient Babylon

2. babylonian

the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written

Adjective

3. babylonian

of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture

Example Sentences:
'Babylonian religion'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Babylonian

see synonyms of babylonian
noun
1. 
an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
2. 
the extinct language of Babylonia, belonging to the E Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family: a dialect of Akkadian
adjective
3. 
of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Babylon or Babylonia, its people, or their language
4. 
decadent or depraved

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Babylonian

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adjective
1. 
of Babylon or its people, language, or culture
2. 
of Babylonia
3. 
luxurious, unrestrained, wicked, etc.
noun
4. 
a person born or living in Babylon or Babylonia
5. 
the variety of Akkadian spoken by the ancient Babylonians

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Babylonian

see synonyms of babylonian
adj.
1. Of or relating to Babylonia or Babylon or their people, culture, or language.
2. Characterized by a luxurious, pleasure-seeking, and often immoral way of life.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Babylon or Babylonia.
2. The form of Akkadian used in Babylonia.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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