Chaldea

See also: chaldea

English

Alternative forms

• Chaldæa (archaic)
• Chaldaea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælˈdi.ə/

Proper noun

Chaldea

1. A region in the southern portion of Babylonia, Lower Mesopotamia, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain.

Related terms

• Chaldean

Translations

region in the southern portion of Babylonia

• Armenian: Քաղդեա (Kʻaġdea)
• Catalan: Caldea f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迦勒底 (Jiālèdǐ)

• Czech: Chaldea f
• Danish: Kaldæa
• Dutch: Chaldea (nl)
• Esperanto: Ĥaldeio, Ĥaldeujo
• Estonian: Kaldea
• Finnish: Kaldea (fi)
• French: Chaldée (fr) f
• Galician: Caldea (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Χαλδαία (Khaldaía)

• Hungarian: káld
• Irish: an Chaildé f
• Lao: ເຄນເດຍ (khēn dīa)
• Latin: Chaldaea
• Northern Thai: ᨤᩮ᩠ᩃᨯᩮ᩠ᨿ
• Polish: Chaldeja f
• Portuguese: Caldeia (pt) f
• Russian: Халде́я (Xaldéja)
• Shan: ၶႃႇလတေး (khàa lǎ tée)
• Spanish: Caldea f
• Swedish: Kaldéen n
• Thai: เคลเดีย

Further reading

• “Chaldea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxaldɛa]

Proper noun

Chaldea f (relational adjective chaldejský, demonym Chaldejec)

1. Chaldea

Declension

Declension of Chaldea (sg-only feminine in -ea)

	singular
nominative	Chaldea
genitive	Chaldey, Chaldeje
dative	Chaldeji
accusative	Chaldeu
vocative	Chaldeo
locative	Chaldeji
instrumental	Chaldeou, Chaldejí

Derived terms

• chaldejština

Further reading

• “Chaldea”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Chaldea”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989