Tamerlane

American  

[tam-er-layn] / ˈtæm ərˌleɪn /

noun

1. Timur Lenk, 1336?–1405, Tartar conqueror in southern and western Asia: ruler of Samarkand 1369–1405.

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Tamerlane British  

/ ˈtæməˌleɪn /

noun

1. Turkic name Timur (tiːˈmʊə). ?1336–1405, Mongol conqueror of the area from Mongolia to the Mediterranean; ruler of Samarkand (1369–1405). He defeated the Turks at Angora (1402) and died while invading China

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Tamerlane

A little down the road to the west lies Gur-e-Amir, the resting place of the Turco-Mongol conqueror Tamerlane.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

Waite is survived by by her children, Tamerlane and Bijou, and three stepchildren, Mackenzie Phillips, Chynna Phillips and Jeffrey Phillips.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2019

The one other person who was at the apartment that night, Parker and Celestin’s friend Tamerlane Kangas, at first claimed that he had seen nothing.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2016

Competition for Frankopan’s main bete noire is keen, but Americans may at least claim parity with the Huns, Tamerlane, Cortes and the British.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2016

His posterity kept possession till 1369, when Timur or Tamerlane bore down everything before him, and established his capital at Samarkand, which with Bokhara regained for a time its former splendour.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various

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