Borsippa

Borsippa is an archeological site in , , built on both sides of a lake about 17.7 km southwest of on the east bank of the .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Babylonian city
  • Also known as: Athar an Namrud”, “Īshān Nimrūd”, and “ثار النمرود

Borsippa

Latitude
32.39219° or 32° 23′ 32″ north
Longitude
44.34232° or 44° 20′ 32″ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
8H4698RR+VW
Geo­Names ID
448143
Wiki­data ID
Q625134
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Borsippa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: اثار النمرود
  • Arabic: بورسيبا
  • Azerbaijani: Borsippa
  • Bashkir: Tintir II, Икенсе Бабил
  • Bashkir: Барзипа
  • Bashkir: Борсиппа
  • Basque: Borsippa
  • Belarusian: Барсіпа
  • Catalan: Borsippa
  • Catalan: Vologèsia
  • Cebuano: Āthār an Namrūd
  • Chinese: 博尔西帕
  • Croatian: Borsipa
  • Croatian: Borsippa
  • Czech: Borsippa
  • Dutch: Borsippa
  • Egyptian Arabic: بورسيبا
  • Esperanto: Borsipo
  • French: Borsippa
  • German: Badursiabba
  • German: Barsippa
  • German: Barzipa
  • German: Birs Nimrud)
  • German: Borsippa
  • German: Kinnir
  • German: Kinunir
  • German: Tintir II
  • Hebrew: בורסיפה
  • Hungarian: Borszippa
  • Indonesian: Borsippa
  • Irish: Borsippa
  • Italian: Borsippa
  • Japanese: エ・ジダ
  • Japanese: ボルシッパ
  • Korean: 보르시파
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Borsippa
  • Norwegian: Borsippa
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ࡁࡅࡓࡎࡉࡐ
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ࡁࡅࡓࡎࡉࡐࡉ
  • Persian: بورسیپا
  • Polish: Borsippa
  • Portuguese: Birs Nimrud
  • Portuguese: Borsipa
  • Portuguese: Borsippa
  • Russian: Борсиппа
  • Serbian: Борсипа
  • Slovenian: Borsipa
  • Spanish: Borsippa
  • Swedish: Borsippa
  • Tamil: போர்சிப்பா
  • Turkish: Borsippa
  • Ukrainian: Борсіппа

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