Babel (disambiguation)

Babel (disambiguation)

Babel is the name used in the Hebrew Bible for the city of Babylon. The Babil Governorate in Iraq (named after Babylon) is sometimes transliterated as "Babel".

Babel may also refer to:

In literature:

* "Babel" (newspaper), an Iraqi newspaper
* "Babel (book)", by Patti Smith
* "Babel-17", a science fiction novel by Samuel R. Delany in which the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is strongly influential
* Isaac Babel, a Soviet journalist, playwright, and short story writer
* The journal produced by the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations

In Star Trek:

* "Babel" ("DS9" episode), an episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"
* Babel (planet), a neutrally aligned planet in the fictional Star Trek universe

In other fields:

* "Babel" (1999 film)
* "Babel" (film), a 2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett
* Babel Label, a British record label
* Babel, a Turbo CD RPG released by Nippon Telenet

Places
* Babel Island, Tasmania, Australia
* Mount Babel (Alberta), Canada
* Mount Babel (Quebec), Canada

Other
* Tower of Babel - Biblical account
* Tower of Babel (disambiguation) - various artistic and written works deriving from the Biblical account
* Babel fish - fictional character from story by Douglas Adams
* Babel Fish (website) - automated bilingual dictionary lookup service for words and phrases
* Ryan Babel - Dutch footballer
* Babels - volunteer translators network
* GPSBabel - GPS file format conversion software
* OpenBabel - open-source chemical modelling software
* - language template system to identify Wikipedia users speaking certain languages
* Babel (protocol) - a loop-free distance-vector routing protocol


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