The biblical Tower of Babel is what architects call a ziggurat.
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Ziggurat
//ˈzɪɡʊˌɹæt//
Synonyms for "ziggurat" (2 found)
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33 translations across 27 languages.
Akkadian
1 entries- 𒅆𒂍𒉪 noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Arabic
2 entries- زِقُّورة noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
- زِقُّورَة noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Assamese
2 entries- উনিৰ noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
- জিগুৰাত noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Catalan
1 entries- ziggurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 金字形神塔 noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Czech
1 entries- zikkurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Dutch
1 entries- ziggoerat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Esperanto
1 entries- zigurato noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Finnish
1 entries- zikkurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
French
2 entries- ziggourat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
- ziggurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
German
1 entries- Zikkurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Hebrew
1 entries- זִקֻּרַת noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Icelandic
2 entries- ziggurathof noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
- þrepapíramídi noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Italian
2 entries- ziggurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
- ziqqurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Japanese
1 entries- ジッグラト noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Korean
1 entries- 지구라트 noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Macedonian
1 entries- зигура́т noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Occitan
1 entries- zigorat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Persian
2 entries- ذیققورات noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
- زیگورات noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Polish
1 entries- ziggurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Portuguese
1 entries- zigurate noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Romanian
1 entries- zigurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Russian
1 entries- зиккура́т noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Slovak
1 entries- zikkurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Spanish
1 entries- zigurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Sumerian
1 entries- 𒅆𒂍𒉪 noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Turkish
1 entries- ziggurat noun (temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley)
Sample sentences
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The Venus of Willendorf is more powerful than any stone ziggurat.
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It would be uplifting to think that the ziggurat was the first expression of Near Eastern civilization, for then one could speak about humanity's fascination with the heavens, of the human quest for communion with the infinite.
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He works in an old ziggurat of an office building.
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