GREAT WALL OF CHINA

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 I. (noun) 

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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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