babylon
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1. the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | city, metropolis, urban center, |
| definition | : | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | hanging gardens of babylon, |
| definition | : | a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | babel, tower of babel, |
| definition | : | (Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | mesopotamia, |
| definition | : | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| domain region | : | mesopotamia, |
| definition | : | the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | babylonian, |
| definition | : | the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written (noun.communication) |
| domain member region | : | babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea, |
| definition | : | an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king) (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | adad, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of storms and wind (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | adapa, |
| definition | : | a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam) (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | anshar, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world' (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | antum, |
| definition | : | Babylonian consort of Anu (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | anu, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | anunnaki, enuki, |
| definition | : | any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | ishtar, mylitta, |
| definition | : | Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | bel, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | damgalnunna, damkina, |
| definition | : | (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | girru, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | gula, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | kishar, |
| definition | : | Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the lower world' (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | nabu, nebo, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | nina, |
| definition | : | the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | ningirsu, |
| definition | : | Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | ningishzida, |
| definition | : | an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | ninib, ninurta, |
| definition | : | a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | shamash, |
| definition | : | the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion (noun.person) |
| domain member region | : | tashmit, tashmitum, |
| definition | : | consort of Nabu (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | babylonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | babylonian, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or culture (adj.pert) |
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