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chaldaea
 
Noun chaldaea has 2 senses
  1. Chaldea, Chaldaea - an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II
    --1 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
    --1 is a part of Mesopotamia; Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak
  2. Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea - an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where the Daniel became a counselor to the king)
    --2 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
    --2 is a part of Mesopotamia; Iraq, Republic of Iraq, Al-Iraq, Irak
    --2 has parts: Sumer
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