Бабыл

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic بابىل
Cyrillic Бабыл
Latin Babyl

Etymology

From Persian بابل, from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, “Babylon”, literally “Gate of God”).

Proper noun

Бабыл • (Babyl)

  1. (historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)
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