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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
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Babylon
- mid-14c., from Greek version of Akkadian Bab-ilani "the gate of
the gods," from bab "gate" + ilani, plural of ilu
"god" (cf. Babel).
The Old Persian form, Babiru-, shows characteristic transformation
of -l- to -r- in words assimilated from Semitic.
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