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Ali Baba

American  
[ah-lee bah-bah, al-ee bab-uh] / ˈɑ li ˈbɑ bɑ, ˈæl i ˈbæb ə /

noun

  1. the poor woodcutter, hero of a tale in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, who uses the magic words “Open sesame” to open the door to the cave in which the Forty Thieves had hidden their treasure.

Ali Baba British  
/ ˈælɪ ˈbɑːbə /

noun

  1. (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments ) a poor woodcutter who discovers that the magic words "open sesame" will open the doors of the cave containing the treasure of the Forty Thieves

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Ali Baba Cultural  

  1. The title character in “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” a story from the Arabian Nights. Ali Baba gains the treasure of the thieves, which they keep in a cave with a magical entrance.

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Ali Baba opens the door of the thieves' cave with the magical password “Open, sesame.”

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