Khan

//kɑːn//

"Khan" in a Sentence (12 examples)

Queen Elizabeth II is thought to be descended from Genghis Khan via her grandmother.

Kublai Khan is the grandson of Genghis Khan.

Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty in 1271.

As the Mongol Emperor who welcomed Marco Polo to China, Kublai Khan became a legend in Europe.

Mr. President, my name is Khan and I am not a terrorist.

Genghiz Khan is a famous historical figure.

“I have no doubt that it's real,” says Surina Khan, CEO of the Women’s Foundation of California. “We just have to go to any store, and you can see that, let's say, a pink razor blade versus a blue one that men use, the pink one costs more. Haircuts cost more. Women's clothing cost more. It's definitely present and part of our reality.”

We went to the Aga Khan Museum.

The Aga Khan Museum is beautiful.

Wasima Khan dropped out of school six years ago. She is not an exception but the norm in Nuh, a district in northern India where the female literacy rate of about 30% is barely half the national average.

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‘Guess the name of that,’ she said, pointing to her delicate parts. The porter tried this name and that and ended by asking her to tell him and cease her slapping. ‘The khān of Abu-Mansur,’ she replied.

At each of these stations there is a hostelry which they call a khan, where travellers alight with their beasts, and outside each khan is a public watering-place and a shop at which the traveller may buy what he requires for himself and his beast.

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