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Hanging Gardens of Babylon

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Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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(Placename) (in ancient Babylon) gardens, probably planted on terraces of a ziggurat: one of the Seven Wonders of the World
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Noun1.Hanging Gardens of Babylon - a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the World - impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe
Babylon - the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia


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