Brewer's: Gian ben Gian

(g soft). King of the Ginns or Genii, and founder of the Pyramids. He was overthrown by Azazil or Lucifer. (Arab superstitions.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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