Source : WordNet®

Chaldea
     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: {Chaldaea}]
     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}, {Chaldaea}]