Babylonian
Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian EmpirePertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire.
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Meaning
3 senses(historical, not comparable)Pertaining to the city of Babylon, or the Babylonian Empire.
babylonisch
вавило́нскийvavilónskij
of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture
(figuratively, not comparable)Characteristic of Babylon or its civilization and inhabitants; huge, decadent, indulgent. .
(derogatory, not comparable, obsolete)Roman Catholic (with reference to e.g. Revelation 14–18).
Examples
6 sentencesThe Babylonian Talmud is considered more authoritative than the Jerusalemite Talmud.
This ancient Babylonian trigonometric table is in some respects superior to modern trigonometry.
They gave their baby a name derived from an ancient Babylonian word which meant "first light".
The intercalation of additional months was due to the fact that the Babylonian months were lunar.
Archeologists have discovered that ancient Babylonian astronomers were able to predict the motion of Jupiter across the sky.
deArchäologen haben entdeckt, dass die Astronomen des antiken Babylon in der Lage waren, die Himmelsbahn des Jupiter vorherzusagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Latin Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient Greek Βαβυλώνιος (BabulṓnioFrom Latin Babylōnius (“of Babylon, Babylonian”) (from Ancient Greek Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)) + -an. By surface analysis, Babylon + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Babelian.
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