(n)an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king), Syn.Chaldea, Chaldaea
[ばい;バイ, bai ; bai](n) (1) (uk) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; (2) (abbr) (See 貝独楽) spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)#7195[Add to Longdo]