Koh-i-noor

British  

/ ˌkəʊɪˈnʊə /

noun

1. a very large oval Indian diamond, part of the British crown jewels since 1849, weighing 108.8 carats

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Etymology

Origin of Koh-i-noor

C19: from Persian Kōh-i-nūr, literally: mountain of light, from kōh mountain + Arabic nūr light

Example Sentences

Some also point to The Koh-i-Noor, seized by the British East India Company and now part of the Crown Jewels, with many Indians viewing it as stolen.

From BBC

The Queen also faced sensitivities over what she wore at the Coronation, with a diplomatic decision not to use a crown containing the Koh-i-Noor diamond, which has had rival international claims to ownership.

From BBC

As a boy, Duleep Singh had been exiled to England from India after his kingdom was annexed by the British in 1849, with the priceless Koh-i-Noor diamond handed to them under the terms of a punitive treaty.

From BBC

Two years later, he expanded on the journal article with “The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance,” a 448-page tour through its invention and evolution — with brands like Faber-Castell, Dixon Ticonderoga and Koh-I-Noor among them — that included a chapter about the pencil-making business of Henry David Thoreau’s family in Concord, Mass.

From New York Times

That crown contains the famous Koh-i-noor diamond that India, Pakistan and Iran all claim.

From Seattle Times