Babel
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Babel is the name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon. The Babil Governorate in Iraq (named after Babylon) is sometimes transliterated as "Babel".
Babel may also refer to:
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[edit] People
- Isaac Babel, a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer
- Ryan Babel - Dutch footballer
- Markus Babbel German footballer
[edit] Places
- Babel Island, Tasmania, Australia
- Mount Babel (Alberta), Canada
- Mount Babel (Quebec), Canada
[edit] Tower of Babel
- Tower of Babel - Biblical account
- Tower of Babel (disambiguation) - various artistic and written works deriving from the Biblical account
[edit] Literature
- Babel (newspaper), an Iraqi newspaper
- Babel (book), by Patti Smith
- Babel-17, a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is strongly influential
- The journal produced by the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations
[edit] Music
- Babel (band), a six-piece band from Bristol
- Babel Fish (band), a Norwegian band who got their name from the Douglas Adams books
- Babel (soundtrack), soundtrack album from the 2006 film
- Babel, a Turbo CD RPG released by Nippon Telenet
- Babel Label, a British record label
[edit] Film
- Babel (1999 film)
- Babel (film), a 2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
[edit] Douglas Adams
- Babel fish - fictional character from the novel by Douglas Adams
- Babel Fish (website) - automated bilingual dictionary lookup service for words and phrases
[edit] Star Trek
- "Babel" (DS9 episode), an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Babel (planet), a neutrally aligned planet in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Journey to Babel (TOS episode), an episode of Star Trek: the Original Series
[edit] Other
- Babels - volunteer translators network
- GPSBabel - GPS file format conversion software
- OpenBabel - open-source chemical modeling software
- Wikipedia:Babel - language template system to identify Wikipedia users speaking certain languages
- Babel (protocol) - a loop-free distance-vector routing protocol
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