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Chal⋅de⋅a

[kal-dee-uh]
–noun
1. an ancient region in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, in S Babylonia.
2. Babylonia.
Also, Chal⋅dae⋅a.
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Chal·de·a or Chal·dae·a   (kāl-dē'ə)   
An ancient region of southern Mesopotamia. Settled c. 1000 B.C., it reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II. The Chaldean empire was destroyed by Persians in 539 B.C.
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