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babel
ba·bel [ báyb'l, bább'l ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. confused noise: a confused noise, especially the noise of loud unintelligible voices all talking at once
2. noisy place: a scene or place of noisy confusion
[Early 16th century. < the Tower of Babel]
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