Chaldea
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English
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chaldea
- (historical) An ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.
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Translations
region in the southern portion of Babylonia
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Further reading
- “Chaldea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chaldea f (relational adjective chaldejský, demonym Chaldejec)
- (historical) Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)
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Further reading
- “Chaldea”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Chaldea”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989