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Babylonian

Babylonian

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A person who lived in ancient Babylon
  • noun
  • /ˌbæbəˈloʊniən/
translation icon : babilonio
  • The famous Code of Hammurabi was established by a Babylonian king to promote justice in society.

And what happened was King Cyrus the Persian, he came through and he destroyed the Babylonians.

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Examples

  • First came the Assyrians, then the Babylonians, then the Persians, who ruled the Jews with a reasonably fair and light hand.

  • The ancient Babylonians believed in a code of justice, an eye for an eye and a truth for a truth and a but for a but.

  • Thanks to the ancient Babylonians who painted the way for all of us.

  • And they are, for the Babylonians, places full of magic and full of mystery.

  • Ultimately, Tyre was able to beat back the Babylonians, but not without cost.

  • And the Babylonians have become accustomed to this.

  • And you know, the Babylonians, the ancient Egyptians, I don't know.

  • And the people came up with this are sleepless Babylonians, Romans and Greeks, right?

  • The Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks, they all used sandals during the day and star clocks at night to mark the passing of time.

  • They worship false gods, Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans, you name them, They're all not even in the running.

Synonyms

Mesopotamian
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A person from the ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

is a native of one city in that region rather than the whole area

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 singular
Babylonians plural

Morphology

Babylonian = Babylon (transparent) = Babylon + ian

Demonym formation using '-ian' is a regular, productive process indicating a person from the place named.

Etymology

Babylonian originally named someone from Babylon, from the old word Bāb-ilu meaning 'gate of God', so a Babylonian is a person who lived in or belonged to that ancient city.