babylon

Noun
  1. The chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia (synset 108936605)
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    • babylonian - the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
    • babylonia, chaldaea, chaldea - 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)
    • adad - Babylonian god of storms and wind
    • adapa - a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)
    • anshar - the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'
    • antum - Babylonian consort of Anu
    • anu - Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea
    • anunnaki, enuki - any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods
    • ishtar, mylitta - Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte
    • bel - Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
    • damgalnunna, damkina - (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk
    • girru - the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery
    • gula - the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta
    • kishar - Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the lower world'
    • baal merodach, bel-merodach, marduk, merodach - the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu
    • nabu, nebo - Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools
    • nina - the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea
    • ningirsu - Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture
    • ningishzida - an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine
    • ninib, ninurta - a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod
    • sarpanitu, zarpanit, zirbanit - consort of Marduk
    • shamash - the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion
    • tashmit, tashmitum - consort of Nabu
    domain region: mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq
    is an instance of: city, metropolis, urban center - a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
    has:
    • hanging gardens of babylon - a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC
    • babel, tower of babel - (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
    is a part of: mesopotamia - the land between the Tigris and Euphrates; site of several ancient civilizations; part of what is now known as Iraq

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