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babel

Ba.bel \'ba--b*l, 'bab-*l\ n [Heb Ba-bhel, fr. Assyr-Bab ba-b-ilu gate of 
   god] 1: a city in Shinar where the building of a tower is held in the Book 
   of Ge nesis to have been interrupted by the confusion of tongues often not 
   cap  2a: a confusion of sounds or voices  2b: a scene of noise or confusion