Arabian Nights

Cultural  

1. A famous collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabian folktales. Supposedly, the legendary Scheherazade told these stories to her husband the sultan, a different tale every night for 1,001 days; therefore, the collection is sometimes called The Thousand and One Nights. The Arabian Nights includes the stories of familiar characters such as Aladdin and Ali Baba.

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Example Sentences

The presiding judge called the argument “a tale that surpasses those of the Arabian Nights, lacking credibility,” according to Bernama, Malaysia’s state media outlet, which said the charges involved some $570 million of misappropriated assets.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Arabian Nights and its flying carpets would also have served nicely.

From Literature

“And there's an element that is very similar to ‘Arabian Nights’ in that sense.

From Salon

Communities were renamed Mecca and Arabia; the yearly date festival offered an “Arabian Nights” pageant and the crowning of “Queen Scheherazade.”

From Los Angeles Times

“One Night” distills these nested tales, known as “One Thousand and One Nights” or the “Arabian Nights.”

From New York Times