noun
1. an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
• Syn: ↑Chaldea
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Mesopotamia, ↑Iraq, ↑Republic of Iraq, ↑Al-Iraq, ↑Irak
2. 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)
• Regions: ↑Babylon
• Members of this Region: ↑Cunaxa, ↑battle of Cunaxa
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms: ↑Mesopotamia, ↑Iraq, ↑Republic of Iraq, ↑Al-Iraq, ↑Irak
• Part Meronyms: ↑Sumer
Useful english dictionary. 2012.