English-Dutch translations for tower of babel

• toren van Babel
  Als wij van de Unie geen Toren van Babel willen maken... If we do not want to turn the Union into a Tower of Babel …
  De ontwerper moet Breughel=s Toren van Babel in gedachten hebben gehad. The designer clearly must have had Breughel' s Tower of Babel in mind.
  Het Europees bouwwerk mag niet zo eindigen als de toren van Babel. The edifice that is the European Union should not end up like the Tower of Babel.

Definition of tower of babel

• A situation where the use of many different languages is a source of confusion

Related words

• Tower of London
• tower of silence
• tower of strength
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• Leaning Tower of Pisa
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