The biblical Tower of Babel is what architects call a ziggurat.
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Babel
/ˈbeɪ.bl̩/
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chirmcipherclamorclashcodeconfusionconfusion of tonguescryptogramdouble dutchgarblegibberishgift of tonguesglossolaliagobbledygook
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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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