Kubla Khan
[ koo-bluh kahn ]
/ ˈku blə ˈkɑn /
noun
(italics)
a poetic fragment (1797) by Coleridge.
Example sentences from the Web for kubla khan
Kubla-Khan was much pleased to receive these strangers from the distant West.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers |Jules VerneMarco Polo returned to the court of Kubla-Khan when he had finished the expedition of which we spoke in the last chapter.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers |Jules Verne
Cultural definitions for kubla khan
“Kubla Khan”
[ (kooh-bluh kahn) (1797) ]
An evocative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about an exotic emperor. It begins with these lines: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree....”