'''Babilón''' wæs séo héahburg [[Babylonia]]n in [[Mesopotamia]]n (in efenealdum [[Irac]]e). Se nama is þæt Crécisc híw  ''[[Babel]]es,'' þe is genumen of þǽm [[Semitisc]]um híwe ''Babilu'', þæt þe getácnaþ "Þæt Geat Godes". Þis Semitisce word is áwendung þæs [[Sumeria]]niscan ''Kadmirra.''