Chaldaea

See also: chaldaea and Chaldæa

English

Proper noun

Chaldaea

  1. Alternative form of Chaldea: (historical) An ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαλδαία (Khaldaía).

Proper noun

Chaldaea f sg (genitive Chaldaeae); first declension

  1. (historical) Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of West Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Chaldaea
genitive Chaldaeae
dative Chaldaeae
accusative Chaldaeam
ablative Chaldaeā
vocative Chaldaea
locative Chaldaeae

Descendants

  • → English: Chaldea
  • → German: Chaldäa
  • Italian: Caldea
  • Middle French: Chaldee
  • Portuguese: Caldeia
  • Spanish: Caldea
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