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| Babel | Babel \Ba"bel\, n. [Heb. B[=a]bel, the name of the capital of Babylonia; in Genesis associated with the idea of ``confusion.''] 1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place. [1913 Webster] Therefore is the name of it called Babel. --Gen. xi. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages. [1913 Webster] That babel of strange heathen languages. --Hammond. [1913 Webster] The grinding babel of the street. --R. L. Stevenson. [1913 Webster] |
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