Babylonian
an inhabitant of ancient Babylonia.
the dialect of Akkadian spoken in Babylonia. : Compare Akkadian (def. 1).
Origin of Babylonian
1Other words from Babylonian
- post-Bab·y·lo·ni·an, adjective
- pre-Bab·y·lo·ni·an, adjective
- pseu·do-Bab·y·lo·ni·an, adjective, noun
Words Nearby Babylonian
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How to use Babylonian in a sentence
The Celestial whose "emergence" functions as the movie's climactic crisis is named Tiamut, which is a reference to an apocalyptic figure from Babylonian mythology.
There Are So Many Details From Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ You Probably Missed | noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) | January 18, 2022 | TechCrunchWe do not know how, if at all, his laws were applied by Babylonian judges, but even after Hammurabi’s successors lost power and Assyrian forces overran the region, Mesopotamians continued to refer to his laws.
What Ancient Laws Can Teach Us About Holding Autocrats to Account Today | Fernanda Pirie | December 23, 2021 | TimeLast week, I came across a rather peculiar recipe for something called Babylonian radish pie.
Of the history of the tablets in question, which are all in the Old Babylonian character, we have no information.
Sumerian Hymns | Frederick Augustus VanderburghIn the Accadian the order is 'woman and man,' in the Assyro-Babylonian translation, 'man and woman.'
Assyria, Its Princes, Priests and People | A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
The president of the college of Sora was the second in rank in the Judo-Babylonian community.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) | Heinrich GraetzAn unimportant circumstance revealed the moral corruption of the Jewish Babylonian chiefs.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) | Heinrich GraetzThe institutions, too, and the traditions of Babylonian-Persian Judaism showed manifest signs of decay at this time.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) | Heinrich Graetz
British Dictionary definitions for Babylonian
/ (ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪən) /
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
of, relating to, or characteristic of ancient Babylon or Babylonia, its people, or their language
decadent or depraved
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