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Babylonian

Babylonian

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Relating to the ancient city of Babylon, its people, or its culture
  • adjective
  • /ˌbæbəˈloʊniən/
translation icon : babilónico
  • Bel is the newer name of Marduk, the main Babylonian god.
  • Babylonian culture
  • Babylonian captivity
  • Babylonian exile

So the Anunnaki come from the Sumerian and Babylonian texts, which was those texts came from when?

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Examples

  • The ancient ziggurats are a testament to the impressive Babylonian architecture.

  • It's the name of an ancient Babylonian God, the god of wrath and destruction.

  • And that looks very much like the Babylonian vision of supernatural power.

  • A very obscure one, dating back to Babylonian times.

  • That is a complete Babylonian artefact.

  • Esther is a good Babylonian name.

  • Note: ...Babylonian justice according to the code of Hammurabi, protecting the weak from the strong.

  • According to Babylonian texts, these two figures were to accompany a person as protectors through life.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Allat is the goddess of the underworld in Babylonian stories.

  • Not since the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Solomon's temple had such a thing happened.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

Mesopotamian
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Relating to the ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers or to its people and culture

is limited to one ancient city's people and culture rather than the whole region

Compounds

A time when the king of Babylon took many Jewish people from Israel to Babylonia after 586 BC

The study and record of life and events in ancient Babylon

An ancient flat piece of clay from Babylon with wedge-shaped writing used to record laws, trade, or stories

A tree with long drooping branches and thin leaves often planted near ponds for shade

Surface Forms

Babylonian positive

Morphology

Babylonian = Babylon (transparent) = Babylon + ian

Standard adjectival/demonymic suffix '-ian' attached to the place name 'Babylon' yields 'relating to Babylon', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Babylonian comes from the old city name Bāb-ilu, which means 'gate of God' in the language of ancient Mesopotamia, so it describes people, art, or ideas that come from that famous city.