the Arabian Nights

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

The Arabian Nights [The Arabian Nights] BrE NAmE
the name often given to the Thousand and One Nights, a collection of traditional stories from the Middle East, written in Arabic. Scheherezade marries a king who kills his wives after their first night together. She survives by telling him a different story every night. Many popular films, songs and ↑pantomimes are based on some of these stories, such as ↑Aladdin and ↑Sinbad the Sailor.