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Babylonia

Today it means: An ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran. Full definition →

Latin Babylōnia ← Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία

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Ancient Greek · derived fromΒαβυλωνία
Latin · borrowed fromBabylōnia
English todayBabylonia

Borrowed from Latin Babylōnia, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía), from Βαβυλων (Babulōn, “Babylon”) + -ία (-ía, forming place names for areas). By surface analysis, Babylon + -ia.

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