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Definition: Arabian Nights |
Arabian NightsNoun1. A collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Arabian Nights (The). First made known in Europe by Antoine Galland, a French Oriental scholar, who translated them and called them The Thousand and One Nights (from the number of nights occupied in their recital). They are of Indian, Persian, Egyptian, and Arabian origin. Common English translations - 4 vols. 12mo, 1792, by R. Heron, published in Edinburgh and London. 3 vols. 12mo, 1794, by Mr. Beloe, London. 3 vols. 12mo, 1798, by Richard Gough, enlarged. Paris edition. 5 vols. 8vo, 1802, by Rev. Edward Foster. 5 vols. 8vo, 1830, by Edw. Wm. Lane. The Tales of the Genii, by Sir Charles Morell (i.e. Rev. James Ridley), are excellent imitations. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: Arabian NightsSynonyms: Arabian Nights' Entertainment (n), Thousand and One Nights (n). (additional references) |
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Imagination | Flying Dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky, chateau en Espagne; Utopia, Atlantis, happy valley, millennium, fairyland; land of Prester John, kindgom of Micomicon; work of fiction; (novel); Arabian nights; le pot au lait; dream of Alnashar; (hope). |
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Crosswords: Arabian Nights |
| English words defined with "Arabian Nights": Aladdin, Aladdin's lamp ♦ Sinbad, Sinbad the Sailor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Arabian Nights": Bedreddin' Hassan ♦ Open, Sesame ♦ Parizade ♦ Wooden Horse of Troy. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Arabian Nights (1972) 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) Arabian Nights (1946) Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (1994) | |
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Expression using "Arabian Nights": the arabian nights. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "Arabian Nights"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuhat ja yksi yötä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ezeregyéjszaka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | アラ"ア夜話 (Arab, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, The Thousand and One Nights). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | アラ"アよばなし (The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, The Thousand and One Nights). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arabianay ightsnay mil e uma noites. (various references) las mil y una noches. (various references) tusen och en natt (the arabian nights). (various references) binbir gece masalları (the arabian nights). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-g-h-i-i-n-n-r-s-t" | |
-3 letters: abstaining, sanitarian, tarnishing. | |
-4 letters: antiarins, banishing, hiraganas, sanitaria, straining, trainings. | |
-5 letters: abashing, airthing, angarias, anhingas, antiarin, antibias, ataghans, bairnish, bargains, bartisan, birthing, braining, brainish, braising, granitas, habitans, habiting, harianas, hiragana, ignatias, ingrains, inhabits, intarsia, sainting, shirting, shrining, staining, training, trashing. | |
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