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Jenghiz Khan

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Gen·ghis Khan  (jnggs kän, gng-) also Jen·ghis Khan or Jen·ghiz Khan (jngz kän, -gs, jng-) Originally Temujin. 1162?-1227.
Mongol conqueror who united the Mongol tribes and forged an empire stretching from China to the Danube River and into Persia. In 1206 he took the name Genghis Khan ("supreme conqueror.")
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Noun1.Jenghiz Khan - Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)Jenghiz Khan - Mongolian emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227)
Genghis Khan, Jinghis Khan, Temujin
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