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Baby·lo·nia (bab′ə lō′nē ə)
ancient empire in SW Asia, in the lower valley of the Tigris & Euphrates rivers: it flourished c. 2100-689 and again, as Chaldea or “New Babylonia,” c. 625-538
Etymology: L < Gr Babylōnia < Babylōn: see Babylon
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