The Only Use
Babylon
in
The Scarlet Letter
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- Nay, we might have judged that such a child's mother must needs be a scarlet woman, and a worthy type of her of Babylon!†
p. 102.3Babylon = ancient city
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(1)
(Babylon) important city of ancient Mesopotamia; on the Euphrates near modern-day BaghdadBabylon no longer exists as a city. Some have identified it as largest city in the world from c. 1770 to 1670 BC, and again between c. 612 and 320 BC. It was perhaps the first city to reach a population above 200,000.
It is also famous for "The Hanging Gardens of Babylon" -- one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)