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Chaldea

chal·dea

UK/kælˈdi.ə/ uncommon

noun

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an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II

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an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where the Daniel became a counselor to the king)

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From Latin Chaldaea, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

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