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 Chaldaea
      n 1: an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates
           delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert;
           settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539
           BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar
           II [syn: Chaldea]
      2: an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia
         conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews
         to Babylon (where the Daniel became a counselor to the
         king) [syn: Babylonia, Chaldea]