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Babel

Ba·bel [ ˈbā-bəl]

Babel

noun

[ˈbā-bəl]

Definition of Babel

1 : a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in Genesis to have been halted by the confusion of tongues

2 or babel

a : a confusion of sounds or voices

b : a scene of noise or confusion

First Known Use of Babel

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for Babel

Middle English, from Hebrew Bābhel, from Akkadian bāb-ilu gate of god

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1 a place of uproar or confusion

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2 loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound

the babel of wheeling and dealing that can be heard at the stock exchange every day

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