Babylon
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈbæbɪ.lɒn/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈbæbɪ.lɑn/
Proper noun
  1. A city in ancient Mesopotamia built on the banks of the Euphrates, which was the capital of Babylonia.
  2. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
  3. (rasta) Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.
  4. (Jamaica, MLE) The police.
Synonyms
  • (police) seeSynonyms en
Translations


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