Nebuchadnezzar

English

Alternative forms

Nabuchodonosor

Etymology

Borrowing from Biblical Hebrew נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏneʾṣṣár), a corruption of earlier נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר (Nəḇûḵaḏreʾṣṣár), from Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒃻𒁺𒋀 (Nabû-kudurrī-uṣur, “Nabu protect my boundary/heir”)

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛbjʊkədˈnɛzə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛbəkədˈnɛzɚ/, /ˌnɛbəkəˈnɛzɚ/
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Proper noun

Nebuchadnezzar

A ruler of Babylon in the Chaldean Dynasty who reigned c. 605 B.C.E. – 562 B.C.E.. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah and Jerusalem, and sent the Israelites into exile.

Translations

a ruler of Babylon

Arabic: بُخْتُ نَصَّر m (buḵtu naṣṣar) (used by Muslims), نِبُوخَذْنِصَّر m (nibūḵaḏniṣṣar) (used by Christians)
Armenian: Նաբուքոդոնոսոր (Nabukʻodonosor)
Old Armenian: Նաբուքոդոնոսոր (Nabukʻodonosor)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܵܒ݂ܘܼܟ݂ܲܕܢܵܨܲܪ m (nāḇuḵadnāṣar)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尼布甲尼撒 (zh) (Níbùjiǎnísā)
Finnish: Nebukadnessar
German: Nebukadnezar (de) m
Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂 m (nabukaudaunausaur)
Greek: Ναβουχοδονόσορ (Navouchodonósor)
Ancient Greek: Ναβουχοδονόσορ (Naboukhodonósor), Ναβουκοδρόσορος (Naboukodrósoros)
Hebrew: נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר m (Nevuchadnetzar)
Italian: Nabucodonosor
Latin: Nabuchodonosor
Macedonian: Навукодоно́сор m (Navukodonósor)
Maori: Nepukaneha
Middle English: Nabugodonosor
Neapolitan: Nabuccodonosor
Old Persian: 𐎴𐎲𐎢𐎤𐎢𐎭𐎼𐎨𐎼 (n-b-u-ku-u-d-r-c-r)
Persian: بخت نصر (boxto-nassar)
Portuguese: Nabucodonosor m
Russian: Навуходоно́сор m (Navuxodonósor)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Набукодонозор m

Roman: Nabukodonozor m
Spanish: Nabucodonosor
Tagalog: Nabukodonosor
Urdu: بَخْتُ نَصَّر m (baxtu naṣṣar), بَخْتُ نَصَّر بابِلی m (baxtu naṣṣar bābilī)
Welsh: Nebuchadnesar m

Noun

Nebuchadnezzar (plural Nebuchadnezzars)

A very large wine bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 15 liters, equivalent to 20 standard bottles.

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