Babel — Lewis & Short
Babel, ēlis, f.,
I the capital city of Assyria, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 3, 11; cf. Vulg. Gen. 11, 9.
The corpus record — Latin
Babel
Babel · f
the capital city of Assyria
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