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单词 kalian
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kalian


kalian

(kælˈjɑːn) n (Recreational Drugs) another name for hookah[C19: from Persian, from Arabic qalyān]
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Noun1.kalian - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through waterkalian - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"calean, chicha, hookah, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, water pipepipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

Kalian


Kalian

 

the name of a mosque and minaret in Bukhara, an outstanding masterpiece of Middle Asian architecture. Together with the Mir-Arab Madrasa (1536) the Kalian forms the central ensemble of the city—the Poi Kalian. The round minaret (1127) is covered with bands of ornamental brickwork and inscriptions. The mosque, part of which was built in the 15th century and part in 1514 on the site of a 12th-century mosque, is majestic in its dimensions (130 by 80 m); its court has four mans and is surrounded by galleries with cupolas.

REFERENCE

Pugachenkova, G. A. Samarkand, Bukhara, 2nd ed. [Moscow, 1968.]

kalian


  • noun

Synonyms for kalian

noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

Synonyms

  • calean
  • chicha
  • hookah
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbly-bubbly
  • narghile
  • nargileh
  • sheesha
  • shisha
  • water pipe

Related Words

  • pipe
  • tobacco pipe
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