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Definition of Arabian nights
1. Noun. A collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century.
Examples of category: Aladdin's Lamp
Generic synonyms: Folk Tale, Folktale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arabian Nights
Literary usage of Arabian nights
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Book Prices Current (1921)
"arabian nights. Translated by John Payne. 9 vols., with Tales from the Arabic,
3 vols.; ... arabian nights. Translated from the Arabic by RF Burton. ..."
2. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"THE " arabian nights " AND THE ENGLISH NOVEL. (To the Editor of THE DIAL.)
The magic of Oriental story has lent charms to poets of English, from the age of ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"Л PLAIN and literal translation of the arabian nights' entertainments, now entitled
... LADY BURTON'S edition of her husband's arabian nights: translated ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT From <New arabian nights. ' By permission of the authorized
publishers, Charles Scribner's Sons IT WAS late in November 1456. ..."
5. Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Huse Eastman (1915)
"arabian nights (Townsend). See also Milkmaid and her pail. Barber's second brother.
... arabian nights (Lang. Story of the barber's sixth brother). ..."
6. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"While reading his work, therefore, we enjoy something of that pleasure which
draws the folk of Eastern lands to listen to the recitation of arabian nights' ..."
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