English

Etymology

Hebrew Babel, the name of the capital of Babylonia ; in Genesis associated with the idea of "confusion."]

Noun

1. The city and tower in the land of Shinar , where the confusion of languages took place.

   • Therefore is the name of it called Babel. - Gen. xi. 9.

2. Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.

   Quotations

   • That babel of strange heathen languages. - Hammond .
   • The grinding babel of the street - R. L. Stevenson .

Related Terms

• Babble