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Alkoran

or Al·co·ran

[al-kaw-rahn, -ran, -koh-]
noun
  1. the Koran.
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Origin of Alkoran

1325–75; < Arabic al-qur'ān literally, reading (aloud); replacing Middle English alkaro(u)n < Middle French or Medieval Latin
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Historical Examples of alkoran

  • The Alkoran saith moreover: 'Wherever we may be, and whatever we may be, everywhere we are all of us in the hand of Allah.'

    The Slaves of the Padishah

    Mr Jkai

  • On every table in the council-chamber stood an Alkoran—ten copies in one room.

British Dictionary definitions for alkoran

Alkoran

Alcoran

noun
  1. a less common name for the Koran
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