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KUBLA KHAN

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KUBLA KHAN (noun)
  The noun KUBLA KHAN has 1 sense:

1. Mongolian 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)play

  Familiarity information: KUBLA KHAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


KUBLA KHAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mongolian 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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Kubla Khan; Kublai Kaan; Kublai Khan

Instance hypernyms:

emperor (the male ruler of an empire)


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