Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Babylonian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Babylonian \Bab`y*lo"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to the real or to the mystical Babylon, or
to the ancient kingdom of Babylonia; Chaldean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Babylonian \Bab`y*lo"ni*an\, n.
1. An inhabitant of Babylonia (which included Chaldea); a
Chaldean.
2. An astrologer; -- so called because the Chaldeans were
remarkable for the study of astrology.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Babylonian
n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Babylon [syn: {Babylonian}]
2: the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the
ancient Babylonian language was written [syn: {Babylonian}]
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