Babylon

Meanings

1. An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.
2. A governate in Iraq.
3. Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
4. Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.
5. The police.
6. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
7. A town and village therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.
8. A surname.

1. A female breast.

Etymology

Partially inherited from Old English Babilōn/Babȳlōn, partially from Latin Babylōn, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών (Babulṓn), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim, literally “Gate of God”); the name of the ancient Chaldean capital and Biblical city of the Apocalypse. Doublet of Babel.