# Babylonia
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Babylonia, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía), from Βαβυλων (Babulōn, “Babylon”) + -ία (-ía, forming place names for areas).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/

### Proper noun

Babylonia
* (historical) The realm of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), the Babylonian Empire.
* (historical) The area of Babylon's empire, Mesopotamia itself.

#### Synonyms

* (empire): Babylonian Empire, (in reference to the 2nd Babylonian Empire) Chaldea, Chaldean Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire
* (region): Mesopotamia

#### Hyponyms

* (southern Babylonia): Sumeria; Chaldea

#### Derived terms

* Babylonian

#### Translations

Albanian: Babilonia
Arabic: بَابِل (ar) f (bābil)
Armenian: Բաբելոնի թագավորություն (Babeloni tʻagavorutʻyun), Բաբելոն (hy) (Babelon)
Belarusian: Вавіло́нія f (Vavilónija)
Bulgarian: Вавилония f (Vavilonija)
Catalan: Babilònia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴比倫尼亞 / 巴比伦尼亚 (zh) (Bābǐlúnníyà)
Czech: Babylónie (cs) f
Danish: Babylonien n
Dutch: Babylonië n, Babylonische Rijk n
Egyptian: (sꜣngꜣr)
Esperanto: Babilonio (eo)
Estonian: Babüloonia
Finnish: Babylonia (fi)
French: Babylonie (fr) f, Babylone (fr)
Galician: Babilonia (gl) f
Georgian: ბაბილონეთი (babiloneti)
German: Babylonien (de) n
Greek: Βαβυλωνία (el) f (Vavylonía)
Ancient: Βαβυλωνία f (Babulōnía)
Hindi: बाबिल (hi) m (bābil), बाबुल (hi) m (bābul)
Hungarian: Babilónia (hu)
Icelandic: Babýlónía (is) f
Irish: An Bhablóinia f
Italian: Babilonia (it) f
Japanese: バビロニア (Babironia)
Korean: 바빌로니아 (babillonia)
Latvian: Babilonija f
Lithuanian: Babilonija f
Macedonian: Вавило́нија f (Vavilónija)
Maore Comorian: Ɓaɓiluna
Marathi: बॅबिलॉनिया (bĕbilŏniyā)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Babylonia
Nynorsk: Babylonia
Ottoman Turkish: بابل (Bâbil)
Persian: بابل (fa) (bâbel)
Polish: Babilonia (pl) f
Portuguese:
Brazilian: Babilônia (pt) f
European: Babilónia (pt) f
Romanian: Babilonia f, Imperiul Babilonian n
Russian: Вавило́ния (ru) f (Vavilónija)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Бабѝло̄нија f (Croatia), Вавѝло̄нија f (Bosnia, Serbia)
Roman: Babìlōnija (sh) f (Croatia), Vavìlōnija f (Bosnia, Serbia)
Slovak: Babylonia f
Slovene: Babilonija f
Spanish: Babilonia (es)
Swedish: Babylonien n
Thai: อาณาจักรบาบิโลเนีย (aanaa jàk baabìlohnia)
Turkish: Babil (tr)
Ukrainian: Вавило́нія (uk) f (Vavylónija)
Volapük: Babülonän (vo) :

### See also

* Babylon

### References

* ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Babylonian, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2011.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía), derived from Βαβυλών (Babulṓn, “Babylon”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ba.byˈloː.ni.a/, [bäbʏˈɫ̪oːniä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ba.biˈlo.ni.a/, [bäbiˈlɔːniä]

### Proper noun

Babylōnia f sg (genitive Babylōniae); first declension
* Babylonia
* Babylon

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: Babilònia
* → English: Babylonia
* Italian: Babilonia
* Sicilian: Vavilugna, Babbilùnia

### References

* Babylonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Babylonia f
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Babilónia.