Saladin

English

Etymology

From Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsælədɪn/

Proper noun

Saladin

  1. (history) First sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European Crusaders in the Levant.
  2. A governorate in northern Iraq.

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