Babylonian Definition

băbə-lōnē-ən
adjective
Of or relating to Babylonia or Babylon or their people, culture, or language.
American Heritage
Of Babylon or its people, language, or culture.
Webster's New World
Characterized by a luxurious, pleasure-seeking, and often immoral way of life.
American Heritage
Of Babylonia.
Webster's New World
Luxurious, unrestrained, wicked, etc.
Webster's New World
noun
A native or inhabitant of Babylon or Babylonia.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Babylon or Babylonia.
Webster's New World
The form of Akkadian used in Babylonia.
American Heritage
The variety of Akkadian spoken by the ancient Babylonians.
Webster's New World
An inhabitant of the city of Babylon.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A later form of Akkadian language spoken in Babylonia in 1950 BC – 100 AD.

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Other Word Forms of Babylonian

Noun

Singular:
Babylonian
Plural:
babylonians

Babylonian Sentence Examples

  • The material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive without being exhaustive.

  • With this also compare the Babylonian Descent of Ishtar to Hades.

  • Hence the head of the Babylonian Jews was the exilarch (in Aramaic Resh Galutha) .

  • Hezekiah (c. 1040) was the last Babylonian exilarch, though the title left its traces in later ages.

  • Egyptian influence within the Aegean area seems certain, and the theory that Greek writing and systems for reckoning time are Babylonian in origin has not been disproved, though the history of the alphabet is more complex than was supposed.

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Words Starting With

BBABAB

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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Words Starting With B and Ending With N

Starts With B & Ends With NStarts With BA & Ends With NStarts With B & Ends With AN

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With B10 Letter Words Ending With N