Definition for BAB-Y-LO'NI-AN, or BAB-Y-LO'NISH

BAB-Y-LO'NI-AN, or BAB-Y-LO'NISH, a.

  1. Pertaining to Babylon, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia, or to the kingdom. The city stood on the river Frat, or Euphrates, and it is supposed, on the spot where the tower of Babel was founded.
  2. Like the language of Babel; mixed; confused.

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