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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Chaldea
an ancient region in the lower Tigris and Euphrates valley, in S Babylonia.

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1. (noun) 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

2. (noun) Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea
an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king)

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1. chaldea
ancient name for Babylonia.

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