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
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
The Thousand and One Nights is a collection of stories tied together using a frame story.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
I’d sit in the chair and read to him from various paperbacks I’d bring in, stuff like The Odyssey or One Thousand and One Nights.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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