The biblical Tower of Babel is what architects call a ziggurat.
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Babel
//ˈbeɪ.bl̩//
Synonyms for "babel" (43 found)
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17 translations across 17 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَابِل name (Biblical city and tower)
Dutch
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
Esperanto
1 entries- Babelo name (Biblical city and tower)
Franco-Provençal
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
Galician
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
German
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
Greek
1 entries- Βαβέλ name (Biblical city and tower)
Indonesian
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
Japanese
1 entries- バベル name (Biblical city and tower)
Korean
1 entries- 바벨 name (Biblical city and tower)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Babelis name (Biblical city and tower)
Marathi
1 entries- बॅबेल name (Biblical city and tower)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بابل name (Biblical city and tower)
Polish
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
Portuguese
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
Sicilian
1 entries- Babeli name (Biblical city and tower)
Spanish
1 entries- Babel name (Biblical city and tower)
Sample sentences
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There is no less confusion there of tongues and persons, than formerly in the tower of Babel.
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There is no less confusion of languages and people there, than there was in the tower of Babel.
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And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded: and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of all countries.
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