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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Babel' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Babel noun  The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible. Therefore is the name of it called . - Gen. xi. 9. Alternative spelling of babel. Etymology: From the Hebrew (Babylon), from Akkadian bÄb ili (gate of God); in Genesis associated with the idea of confusion.       babel noun  A place or scene of noise and confusion. A confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. Quotations That of strange heathen languages. - Hammond. The grinding of the street - R. L. Stevenson. Etymology: From the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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