Synonyms:
Babylon
Meaning: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
Usage examples
Concerning Daniel And What Befell Him At Babylon.
When Merodach or Babylon was exalted as chief god of the pantheon his messages were carried to Ea by Nusku.
Then from Catfish to Babylon it's a little swampy, but there's dead loads of peat down under there somewhere.
To please her the king accomplished this mighty work. Today the whole thing, in fact, the entire city of Babylon, is nothing but a pile of ruins.
Now about this time there came to be noised abroad the fame of the daughter of the sultan who ruled over the province of Babylon, and indeed she was said to be the most beautiful princess in the world.
They left the car by the roadside and clambered to the top and were very learned and inconclusive about the exact purpose of this vast heap of chalk and earth, this heap that men had made before the temples at Karnak were built or Babylon had a name.
'You are out in your reckoning, Sir Sultan!' said Virgilius, whose patience was at an end, and he cast a spell over the sultan and his lords, so that they believed that the great river of Babylon was flowing through the hall, and that they must swim for their lives.
Now among these there were four of the family of Zedekiah, of most excellent dispositions, one of whom was called Daniel, another was called Ananias, another Misael, and the fourth Azarias; and the king of Babylon changed their names, and commanded that they should make use of other names.