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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.
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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
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