Chaldea

or Chal·dae·a

[ kal-dee-uh ]

noun

1. an ancient region in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, in S Babylonia.
2. Babylonia.

Chaldea

/ kælˈdiːə /

noun

1. an ancient region of Babylonia; the land lying between the Euphrates delta, the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian desert
2. another name for Babylonia

Example Sentences

Wynne Jones was working on the manuscript for The Islands of Chaldea when she became too ill to continue, said her sister Ursula Jones, also an award-winning children's author.

From The Guardian

Thus," says M. Maury, "the Seriadic land, where the passage in question places these hieroglyphic columns, might very well be no other than Chaldea.

From Project Gutenberg

Are we still to pay tribute to Chaldea?

From Project Gutenberg

Up to this time Abraham to all appearance had no knowledge of any God but the deities worshipped by his fathers in Chaldea.

From Project Gutenberg

The ancient wisdom of Egypt and Chaldea lived on with the men who knew, called the Gnostics.

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