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GREAT WALL OF CHINA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
Synonyms:
Chinese Wall; Great Wall; Great Wall of China
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
bulwark; rampart; wall (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes)
Holonyms ("Great Wall of China" is a part of...):
Cathay; China; Communist China; mainland China; People's Republic of China; PRC; Red China (a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world)
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