Thousand and One Nights
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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After testing each for a night—it’s like One Thousand and One Nights around my apartment—I’ve come away with a few favorites.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2018
Inspired by One Thousand and One Nights, this book returns us to Early Earth, the magical land to which we were first introduced in Greenberg’s bestselling debut.
From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2016
The story's central character, Kahramana, is a reference to Ali Baba's slave girl in One Thousand and One Nights.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2016
The colorful character Ali Baba made quite the splash when 18th century readers encountered him in "One Thousand and One Nights."
From US News • Aug. 25, 2016
Not that book, Mo. But Mo had already picked up another book: Tales From the Thousand and One Nights.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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