Kublai Khan

American  

[koo-blahy kahn] / ˈku blaɪ ˈkɑn /

Also Kubilai Khan

noun

1. 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).

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Kublai Khan British  

/ ˈkuːblaɪ ˈkɑːn /

noun

1. ?1216–94, Mongol emperor of China: grandson of Genghis Khan. He completed his grandfather's conquest of China by overthrowing the Sung dynasty (1279) and founded the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)

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Example Sentences

Architect Renzo Piano may have been filled with Kublai Khan’s vision of a glass dome.

From Los Angeles Times

The case of Kublai Khan, the leader of the Mongol empire in the late 1200s, is an early example of this innovation.

From New York Times

The fourth series Netflix commissioned, Marco Polo was a fantasy epic that followed Polo’s 13th-century jaunts in the court of Kublai Khan.

From The Guardian

He’s dived in Japan on Kublai Khan’s invading Mongol fleet, in the Mediterranean on Venetian and Roman shipwrecks and in the Arctic on doomed exploration and whaling missions.

From Washington Times

Under the rule of his grandson Kublai Khan, their descendants intermarried with the locals and were accepted as Chinese, becoming known as the Hui.

From New York Times