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Definition: Kubla Khan |
Kubla KhanNoun1. Mongol Emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Kubla KhanSynonyms: Kublai Kaan (n), Kublai Khan (n). (additional references) |
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The full text is reproduced here, along with the famous note with which it was accompanied when first published, as well as a marginal note on an original manuscript copy in Coleridge's own hand, and a quote from William Bartram which is believed to have been a source of the poem.
see also Kublai Khan
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Crosswords: Kubla Khan |
| Specialty definitions using "Kubla Khan": Alnaschar of Modern Literature, Alph ♦ Dream Authorship ♦ War. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity. The student of history who has not been taught to expect the unexpected may justly boast himself inaccessible to the light. "In time of peace prepare for war" has a deeper meaning than is commonly discerned; it means, not merely that all things earthly have an end -- that change is the one immutable and eternal law -- but that the soil of peace is thickly sown with the seeds of war and singularly suited to their germination and growth. It was when Kubla Khan had decreed his "stately pleasure dome" -- when, that is to say, there were peace and fat feasting in Xanadu -- that he heard from afar Ancestral voices prophesying war. One of the greatest of poets, Coleridge was one of the wisest of men, and it was not for nothing that he read us this parable. Let us have a little less of "hands across the sea," and a little more of that elemental distrust that is the security of nations. War loves to come like a thief in the night; professions of eternal amity provide the night. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-h-k-k-l-n-u" | |
-3 letters: kahuna. | |
-4 letters: banal, baulk, blank, kulak, lauan, uhlan. | |
-5 letters: alan, alba, anal, ankh, baal, balk, bank, blah, buhl, bulk, bunk, habu, hank, haul, hula, hulk, hunk, kaka, kana, khan, kuna, lakh, lank, luna, lunk, ulan, ulna. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 75 62 6C 61 4B 68 61 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01110101 01100010 01101100 01100001 00100000 01001011 01101000 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K u b l a   K h a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0075 0062 006C 0061 004B 0068 0061 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4587687867245746780 |
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