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Sindbad the Sailor

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[sind-bad, sin-] / ˈsɪnd bæd, ˈsɪn- /

noun

  1. (inThe Arabian Nights' Entertainments ), a wealthy citizen of Baghdad who relates the adventures of his seven wonderful voyages.


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Once upon a time Sindbad the Sailor set out on his Arabian Nights adventures from Basra.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plot is an intricate counterpoint of love-at-first-sight, financial skullduggery in shipping circles, and Berty's appearance at a ball, disguised as Sindbad the Sailor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Arabians of the 10th century thought that the islands were where Sindbad the Sailor discovered the mystical, magnetic mountain in the Sea of Zanj.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gwadar, which in the Baluchi language means Gateway of Winds, has been a haven for Arab seamen since the fabled Sindbad the Sailor cruised its coasts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Above Basra, the city of Sindbad the Sailor, the Euphrates and the Tigris unite, and the combined stream flows for about seventy miles to the Persian Gulf as the Shat-el-Arab.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott

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