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Ba⋅bel

[bab-uhl; Russ. bah-byil]
–noun
I⋅saak Em⋅ma⋅nu⋅i⋅lo⋅vich [ahy-zuhk; Russ. ee-sahk yi-muh-noo-yee-luh-vyich] , 1894–1941, Russian author.
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Babel 
capital of Babylon, 1382, from Heb. Babhel (Gen. ix), from Akkadian bab-ilu "Gate of God" (from bab "gate" + ilu "god"). The name is a translation of Sumerian Ka-dingir. Meaning "confused medley of sounds" (1529) is from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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