- an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the capital of Babylonia in the 2nd millennium BC. The city (of which only ruins now remain) lay on the Euphrates and was noted by Classical writers for its luxury, its fortifications, and its legendary Hanging Gardens.巴比伦（美索不达米亚的古城, 公元前第二个千年时巴比伦尼亚的首都, 现仅存废墟; 位于幼发拉底河畔, 因其奢华、防御工事和传说的空中花园而得到古典作家的记述）。
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Greek Babulōn （from Hebrew bāḇel）， also the name of the mystical city of the Apocalypse. Compare with BABEL.