Nebuchadnezzar

/ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə/ name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.
  2. 2
    a very large wine bottle holding the equivalent of 20 normal bottles of wine; used especially for display wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.

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babylonian kingbabylonian rulerlarge bottlenebuchadnezzar bottleneo-babylonian monarchwine bottle size

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurri-uṣur, “Nabu protect my heir”).

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