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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Bab•y•lon (bab′ə lən, -lon′),USA pronunciation n. - Ancient History, Place Namesan ancient city of SW Asia, on the Euphrates River, famed for its magnificence and culture: capital of Babylonia and later of the Chaldean empire.
- any rich and magnificent city believed to be a place of excessive luxury and wickedness.
- Place Namesa city on S Long Island, in SE New York. 12,388.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Babylon /ˈbæbɪlən/ n - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
See also Hanging Gardens of Babylon - offensive (in Protestant polemic) the Roman Catholic Church, regarded as the seat of luxury and corruption
- derogatory any society or group in a society considered as corrupt or as a place of exile by another society or group, esp White Britain as viewed by some West Indians
Etymology: via Latin and Greek from Hebrew Bābhél; see Babel |