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chaldea

/kælˈdi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables
chaldea
IPA
/kælˈdi.ə/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.

Etymology

From Latin Chaldaea, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Chaldaea (alternative) Chaldæa (alternative, archaic) Chaldee (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Chaldaic Chaldean

Questions

How do you pronounce chaldea?
The recorded pronunciation is /kælˈdi.ə/.
What does chaldea mean?
An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.
Where does chaldea come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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