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.

Generic synonyms: Garden
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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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hanging Gardens Of Babylon

Hand of Miriam
Handan
Handcock
Handel
Handelian
Handlanger Corps
Handy
Hanes plot
Hanford
Hang
Hangaza
Hangchou
Hangchow
Hangeul
Hanghang
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hangul
Hangzhou
Hangzhou Bay
Hanhart's syndrome
Hani
Hania
Hanif
Hanja
Hank
Hank Aaron
Hank Marvin
Hank Williams
Hankin
Hankins

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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