the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
"Archaeologists have uncovered ruins that suggest this site was once Babylon, the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia."
A female breast.
"The ancient term is sometimes used in obscure dialects to refer to a female breast, though it is rarely understood today."
A city in ancient Mesopotamia, built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia.
"Archaeologists discovered ancient ruins near the modern-day site where Babylon once stood as the wealthy capital of Babylonia along the Euphrates River."
The word Babylon comes from Akkadian bābilim, which literally means "gate of god." It entered English through Latin, Greek, and Old French to describe both the ancient Mesopotamian capital and the biblical city mentioned in the Apocalypse.