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Aladdin

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A·lad·din  (-ldn)
n.
In the Arabian Nights, a boy who acquires a magic lamp and a magic ring with which he can summon two jinn to fulfill any desire.

Aladdin [əˈlædɪn]
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) a poor youth who obtains a magic lamp and ring, with which he summons genies who grant his wishes
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Noun1.AladdinAladdin - in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie
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Aladdin [əˈlædɪn]
A. NAladino
B. CPD Aladdin's cave N (fig) → cueva f de ricos tesoros
Aladdin's lamp Nlámpara f de Aladino
Aladdin
nAladin; Aladdin’s cave (fig: = hoard) → Schatzhöhle f; the shop was an Aladdin’s cave of antiquesdas Geschäft war eine Fundgrube für Antiquitäten; Aladdin’s lamp (lit, fig)Aladins Wunderlampe f


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This so grieved the father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother's tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend his ways.
Judge for yourself, Signor Aladdin -- judge, but do not confine yourself to one trial.
But the builders of the Tower of Babel were quite modest and domestic people, like mice, compared with old Aladdin.
 
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