Definition of Kublai kaan

1. Noun. 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).

Exact synonyms: Kubla Khan, Kublai Khan
Generic synonyms: Emperor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kublai Kaan

Ku
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Kluxer
Ku Te Do
Ku antibodies
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Terengganu
Kuan Yin
Kuangchou
Kuantan
Kuanua
Kuanyama
Kuban
Kubanskaya
Kubla Khan
Kublai Kaan
Kublai Khan
Kubrick
Kubrickian
Kubrickologist
Kubrickologists
Kubrickology
Kucha
Kuchean
Kuchean dialect
Kuching
Kuchipudi
Kuenlun
Kuenlun Mountains
Kufic

Literary usage of Kublai kaan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"THE MILK LIBATION OF kublai kaan (VoL L p. 291). The following passage occurs in the narrative of the Journey of Chang-te-hui, a Chinese Teacher, ..."

2. The Travels of Marco Polo, the Venetian: The Translation of Marsden Revised by Marco Polo (1854)
"This will so evidently appear in the course of our work, as to satisfy every one of the truth of our assertion. Kublai-kaan, it is to be understood, ..."

3. Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China by Henry Yule, Odorico, Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb, Francesco Balducci Pegolotti, Joannes de Marignolis, Ibn Batuta, Bento de Góis (1866)
"In the middle of this city kublai kaan established his Ordu, in a palace of great extent which they call the Karsi.2 The pavements and columns of this ..."

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