babylon

Questions about babylon

What does babylon mean?

babylon means "the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia".

How many syllables are in babylon?

babylon has 3 syllables: bab-y-lon. The stress falls on "bab". In IPA it is /ˈbæbəˌlɑn/.

Is babylon a common word?

babylon is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with babylon?

9 words rhyme with babylon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.