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Noun: Great Wall of China
  1. A fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
    - Chinese Wall, Great Wall

Type of: bulwark, rampart, wall

Part of: Cathay [archaic], China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China [informal]

Encyclopedia: Great Wall of China

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