Babylon
An ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates.
A governate in Iraq.
Any city of great wealth, luxury and vice.
Western civilization, seen as corrupt and materialistic, and contrasted with Zion.
The police.
An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
A town and village therein, in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States.
A surname.
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