BABYLONIAN

PRONUNCIATION: (bab-uh-LOH-nee-uhn)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
2. Splendidly luxurious.
3. Decadent or corrupt.

ETYMOLOGY: After Babylon, an ancient Mesopotamian city in what is now Iraq, famed for opulence and grandeur. Babylon was the capital of Babylonia and is associated in classical accounts with the Hanging Gardens, though their historicity remains uncertain. Earliest documented use: 1534.
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BABELONIAN - someone whose language is unintelligible to anyone else

BANYLONIAN - like a heavy synthetic cloth made of Banlon and Nylon, made into a large French suitcase

BABYLON: "I CAN!" - Headline in response to "You can't just impose laws like that, or hang gardens from the air!"