Babel is a name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon 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 Zygmunt Bauman (; 19 November 1925 – 9 January 2017) was a Polish sociologist and philosopher. He was driven out of the Polish People's Republic during the 1968 Polish political crisis and forced to give up his Polish citizenship. He emigra ...

and Ezio Mauro *''Babel'', a 2018 book about linguistics by

Gaston Dorren Gaston Dorren is a Dutch language expert, journalist, and writer. He was born in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands and currently resides in Amersfoort, Netherlands with his wife Marleen Bekker. Dorren is a polyglot who is able to speak si ...

* ''

Babel-17 ''Babel-17'' is a 1966 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (that language influences thought and perception) plays an important part. It was joint winner of the Nebula Award for Best No ...

'', 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 The Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs ( English: International Federation of Translators) is an international grouping of associations of translators, interpreters and terminologists. More than 100 professional associations are affilia ...

* ''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 "Journey to Babel" is the tenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by D. C. Fontana and directed by Joseph Pevney, it was first broadcast on November 17, 1967. In the episode, '' ...

", 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 Klaus Schulze (4 August 1947 – 26 April 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and The Cosmic Joke ...

, 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 Heligoland (; german: Helgoland, ; Heligolandic Frisian: , , Mooring Frisian: , da, Helgoland) is a small archipelago in the North Sea. A part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1890, the islands were historically possessions ...

'' 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 Bel ...

, a province in Indonesia, abbreviated Babel *

Babil Governorate Babil Governorate or Babylon Province ( ar, محافظة بابل ''Muḥāfaẓa Bābil'') is a governorate in central Iraq. It has an area of , with an estimated population of 2,065,042 people in 2018. The provincial capital is the city of Hill ...

, 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, 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