Chaldean
Appearance
Chaldean (also Chaldaean or Chaldee) may refer to:
Language
[edit]- an old name for the Aramaic language, particularly Biblical Aramaic. See Chaldean misnomer
- Suret, a modern Aramaic language spoken by Chaldean Catholics
People
[edit]- Ancient Chaldeans, ancient Semitic people in southern Mesopotamia
- Modern Chaldeans, Assyrian adherents of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Wadie Deddeh, served in the California State Assembly from 1967 to 1982, and in the California State Senate from 1982 to 1993
- Alina Saad Habba, lawyer, counselor to President Trump 2024
Places
[edit]- Chaldea, an ancient region whose inhabitants were known as Chaldeans
- Neo-Babylonian Empire, also called the Chaldean Empire
- Chaldean Town, a neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Tel Keppe, location in Iraq where many Chaldean Americans trace their origins
Religion
[edit]- Chaldean Catholic Church, Eastern Rite Catholic Church in full communion with the Catholic Church
- Chaldean Rite, the East Syriac Rite of the Chaldean Catholics
- Chaldean Oracles, texts widely used by Neoplatonist philosophers from 3rd to 6th centuries AD; referred to by some of the Christian Church Fathers
- Chaldean Syrian Church, title used for the Assyrian Church of the East in India
Other
[edit]- Chaldean (horse) (foaled 2020), Thoroughbred racehorse