THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS


Meaning of THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS in English

Aˌrabian ˈNights, the BrE AmE ( also the Thousand and One Nights )

a collection of Arabic stories from the 10th century, including ↑ Aladdin , ↑ Ali Baba , and ↑ Sinbad . The ↑ narrator (=the character who tells the story) is ↑ Scheherazade , a young woman who prevents her cruel husband from killing her by amusing him with a different story every night for a thousand and one nights.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.