Chaldea
/kælˈdi.ə/ · name
Meaning
- An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.
Etymology / origin
From Latin Chaldaea, from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).
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