Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chaldea

2 senses of chaldea

Sense 1
Chaldea, Chaldaea -- (an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II)
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Sense 2
Babylonia, Chaldaea, Chaldea -- (an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king))
       INSTANCE OF=> geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region -- (a demarcated area of the Earth)