01 n. The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.
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The city and tower in the land of Shinar, where the confusion of languages took place.“Therefore is the name of it called Babel.” — Gen. xi. 9.
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Hence: A place or scene of noise and confusion; a confused mixture of sounds, as of voices or languages.“That babel of strange heathen languages.” — Hammond.“The grinding babel of the street.” — R. L. Stevenson.