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Aladdin

alad·din

UK/əˈlædɪn/ US/æˈlædɪn/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.

in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie

Origin

From Arabic عَلَاءُ الدِّين (ʕalāʔu d-dīn, “nobility of the faith”).

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