Babylonia
/ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/US/ˌbæbɪˈloʊni.ə/
Babylonia proper noun: 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.
Proper noun
Babylonia
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- Babylonian Empire, Chaldea, Chaldean Empire, Neo-Babylonian Empire
- A geographic area equivalent to Mesopotamia, from the area of Babylon's empire at its maximum extent.
- Synonyms:
- Mesopotamia
Babylonia meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Persian
Babylonia in Hindi
- ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia
- बाबिल bābil, बाबुल bābul
Babylonia in Marathi
- ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia
- बॅबिलॉनिया bĕbilŏniyā
Babylonia in Arabic
- ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia
- بَابِل bābil
Babylonia in Persian
- ancient region and empire of southern Mesopotamia
- بابل bâbel
More languagesFewer languages
- Babylonia in Thai
- อาณาจักรบาบิโลเนีย aanaa jàk baabìlohnia
Synonyms of Babylonia
- Babylonian Empire
- Chaldea
- Chaldean Empire
- Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Mesopotamia
Origin of Babylonia
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.
Words formed from Babylonia
Words that rhyme with Babylonia
- Poseidonia
- Livonia
- macedonia
- Franconia
- Laconia
- Sidonia
- Usonia
- Wallonia
- Catalonia
- sinfonia
- Slavonia
- ammonia
41 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Cydonia
- Freedonia
- harmonia
- Patagonia
- valonia
- wellingtonia
- abronia
- adansonia
- Ambazonia
- Aonia
- aphonia
- asonia
- Assyro-Babylonia
- Avalonia
- begonia
- caustic ammonia
- claytonia
- Dumnonia
- dysphonia
- Estonia
- gonia
- gordonia
- heliconia
- houstonia
- Kydonia
- Lycaonia
- Maeonia
- Magonia
- Paeonia
- Pannonia
- pavonia
- Polonia
- polyphonia
- Savonia
- Selonia
- Snowdonia
- Sophronia
- tithonia
- Tsakonia
- washingtonia
- watsonia
Questions about Babylonia
- What does Babylonia mean?
- Babylonia means 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.
- What is Babylonia in Hindi?
- Babylonia in Hindi is बाबिल (bābil), बाबुल (bābul). See Babylonia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Babylonia?
- Babylonia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Babylonia?
- Babylonia is pronounced /ˌbæbɪˈləʊnɪə/ (UK).
Words near Babylonia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Babylonia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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