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Definition of Hanging Gardens of Babylon
1. Noun. A terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC.
Group relationships: Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, Seven Wonders Of The World
Group relationships: Babylon
Definition of Hanging Gardens of Babylon
1. Proper noun. Possibly legendary gardens of ancient Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. ¹
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Literary usage of Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"It is applied by Diodorus Siculus (ii. 10) and Berosus (quoted by Joseph. Ant.
x. 11, § 1) to the famous hanging gardens of Babylon. Xenophon (Anab. i. ..."
2. Quizzism and Its Key: Quirks and Quibbles from Queer Quarters, a Melange of by Albert Plympton Southwick (1896)
"... and, when asked \>y the king what he could give him, requested the farm and
cottage of his entertainer. 484. What were the " Hanging gardens of Babylon ..."
3. Latin at Sight: With an Introduction, Suggestions for Sight-reading, and by Edwin Post (1894)
"The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Super arcem, vulgatum Graecorum fabulis miraculum,
... Hanging Gardens of Babylon ..."
4. The Saturday Magazine (1841)
"The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 4. The Pharos of Alexandria. 5. The Temple of
Diana, at Ephesus. 6. The Colossus of Rhodes. 7. The Tomb of Mausolus. ..."
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