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Dhul-Qarnayn

Dhul-Qarnayn is the alternative spelling of Dhu'l-Qarnayn.

Meaning of Dhu'l-Qarnayn

Proper noun

Dhu'l-Qarnayn

  1. The powerful ruler (traditionally believed to be a reference to Alexander the Great) who built the wall that keeps Gog and Magog from attacking mankind.

Questions about Dhul-Qarnayn

What is Dhul-Qarnayn the alternative spelling of?
Dhul-Qarnayn is the alternative spelling of Dhu'l-Qarnayn.

Words near Dhul-Qarnayn in the dictionary

  1. dhufish
  2. dhuhr
  3. Dhul Hijjah
  4. Dhul-Hijja
  5. Dhul-Kifl
  6. Dhul-Qarnayn
  7. Dhulbahante
  8. Dhule
  9. dhuli
  10. dhulis
  11. Dhulqarnayn

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dhul-Qarnayn (page history and authors); Dhu'l-Qarnayn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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