Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of

Babylon ''Bābili(m)'' * sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 * arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel'' * syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel'' * grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn'' * he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel'' * peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru'' * elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...

and may refer to:

Arts and media

Written works

Books

* ''Babel'' (book), by Patti Smith * ''Babel'' (2012 manga), by Narumi Shigematsu * ''Babel'' (2017 manga), by Yūgo Ishikawa *''Babel'', a 1922 novel by John Cournos *''Babel'', a 1969 novel by Alan Burns (author) *''Babel'', a 2016 book by Zygmunt Bauman and Ezio Mauro *''Babel'', a 2018 book about linguistics by Gaston Dorren * '' Babel-17'', a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany * ''

Babel, or the Necessity of Violence ''Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution'' is a 2022 novel by R. F. Kuang. It debuted at the first spot on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list and won Blackwell's Books of the Year for ...

'', a 2022 novel by R. F. Kuang

Periodicals

* ''Babel'' (magazine), a magazine about linguistics * ''Babel'', a journal produced by the

Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations The Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations (AFMLTA) is the national professional body representing teachers of all languages in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, s ...

* ''Babel'', a journal published by the International Federation of Translators * ''Babel'' (newspaper), an Iraqi newspaper

Film and television

Star Trek

* "Babel" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), an episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' *

Babel (planet) "The Counter-Clock Incident" is the series finale of the American animated science fiction television series ''Star Trek'', the 22nd episode overall. This episode was the sixth and final episode of the second season. It first aired in the NBC Sat ...

, a neutrally aligned planet in the fictional Star Trek universe * " Babel One", an episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * " Journey To Babel", an episode of ''Star Trek'' (the original series)

Other uses in film and television

* ''Babel'' (film), a 2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu * ''Babel'' (TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series * "Babel", an episode of '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series''

Music

Albums

* ''Babel'' (D*Note album), 1993 * ''Babel'' (Mumford & Sons album), a 2012 album by Mumford & Sons, or its title track (see below) * ''Babel'' (soundtrack), by Gustavo Santaolalla, the soundtrack album from the 2006 film * ''Babel'', an album by German electronic musician Klaus Schulze, 1987 * ''Babel'', an album by Hughes de Courson, 2008 * ''Babel'', an album by Gabriel Yacoub, 1997 * ''Babel'', an album by Philip Catherine, 1980

Songs

* "Babel" (song), the title track of the album ''Babel'' by Mumford & Sons * "Babel", a song from the album '' Heligoland'' by Massive Attack

Other uses in music

* Babel Label, a British record label * ''Babel'' (Stravinsky), a 1944 cantata

In other media

* Babel (radio station), Uruguay * ''Babel'', a Turbo CD role-playing game released by

Nippon Telenet was a Japanese video game and software developer founded in October 1983 by Kazuyuki Fukushima. The company had several video game divisions including: Wolf Team, Laser Soft, Reno, Renovation Products, Riot, Commseed, and Telenet Jr. Telenet ...

Places

Babel, Carmarthenshire Babel is a village in Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and adm ...

, a village in Wales * Babel, Khuzestan, a village in Iran * Babel Island, Tasmania, Australia *

Babel River Babel River is a stream in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. Babel River was named for the Tower of Babel after much confusion regarding its name. See also * List of rivers of Alaska This is a List of rivers in Alaska, which are a ...

, Alaska, United States *

Bangka Belitung The Bangka Belitung Islands ( id, Kepulauan Bangka Belitung) is a province of Indonesia. Situated off the southeastern coast of Sumatra, the province comprises two main landmasses— Bangka and Belitung—and numerous smaller islands. Bangka Beli ...

, a province in Indonesia, abbreviated Babel * Babil Governorate, in Iraq (named after Babylon) is sometimes transliterated as "Babel" * Mount Babel (Alberta), Canada * Mount Babel (Quebec), Canada

Science and technology

5808 Babelʹ 58 may refer to: * 58 (number) * one of the years 58 BC, AD 58, 1958, 2058 * 58 (band), an American rock band * 58 (golf), a round of 58 in golf * "Fifty Eight", a song by Karma to Burn from the album ''Arch Stanton ''Arch Stanton'' is the sixth ...

, a minor planet * Babel (protocol), a routing protocol for wired, wireless, and hybrid IP mesh networks * Babel (transcompiler), a JavaScript transcompiler *

Babel Middleware Babel is an open source middleware system serving the scientific computing community. As a language interoperability tool, Babel enables the arbitrary mixing of software libraries written in C/ C++, Fortran, Python, and Java. As a distribut ...

, open-source middleware for scientific computing *

GPSBabel GPSBabel is a cross-platform, free software to transfer routes, tracks, and waypoint data to and from consumer GPS units, and to convert between GPS data formats. It has a command-line interface and a graphical interface for Windows, macOS, and L ...

, GPS file format conversion software * OpenBabel, open-source chemical modeling software

Other

Babel (surname) Babel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Günther Babel, German politician * Isaac Babel, Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer * Johann Baptist Babel, Swiss sculptor *Louis Babel, Oblate priest * Meike Babel, G ...

* Babels, a volunteer translators network