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babylonia

/ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
baby-lo-nia
IPA
/ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

name

A geographic area equivalent to Mesopotamia, from the area of Babylon's empire at its maximum extent.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Babylōnia, Βαβυλωνία

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/
  • British English: /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/

Derived Forms

Babylonian

Phrases

Assyro-Babylonia

Frequently Paired Words

Babylon

Synonyms

Babylonian Empire Chaldea Chaldean Empire Neo-Babylonian Empire Mesopotamia

Rhymes With

estonia macedonia ammonia catalonia patagonia snowdonia livonia franconia laconia sinfonia begonia harmonia

Questions

How do you pronounce babylonia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/.
What does babylonia mean?
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.
Where does babylonia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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