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KUBLAI KAAN
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• KUBLAI KAAN (noun)
The noun KUBLAI KAAN has 1 sense:
1. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)
Familiarity information: KUBLAI KAAN used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Kubla Khan; Kublai Kaan; Kublai Khan
Instance hypernyms:
emperor (the male ruler of an empire)
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