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Word | Ziggurat |
Spanish Meaning | Torre en forma de pirámide de la antigua Babilonia y Azur |
a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians / (in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium bc and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1ֹ)., | |
Usage | ⇒ The pharaoh had a ziggurat for a tomb ⇒ In the past, Mesopotamians went to ziggurats ⇒ Stepped pyramids known as ziggurats survive from the 3rd millennium BC in Mesopotamia. |
Synonyms | be caught short, chain of being, house of death, low green tent, make a killing, make a scoop, miss the market, overstay the market, play the market, scoop the market, stag the market, take a flier, tower of silence, trade on margin, zikkurat, inflate, pagoda, prefab, realm, steeple, |
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