Kublai Khan

[koo-blahy kahn]

Ku·blai Khan

[koo-blahy kahn]
noun
1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
Also, Ku·bi·lai Khan [koo-bi-lahy] , Kubla Khan.
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Kublai Khan is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Kublai Khan (ˈkuːblaɪ ˈkɑːn)
 
n
?1216--94, Mongol emperor of China: grandson of Genghis Khan. He completed his grandfather's conquest of China by overthrowing the Sung dynasty (1279) and founded the Yuan dynasty (1279--1368)

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