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    GREAT WALL OF CHINA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 widthplay

    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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