Definitions for great wall of china
great wal·l of chi·na

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of Chinanoun

   a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width

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1. Great Wall of Chinanoun

   An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols.

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1. great wall of china

   The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications and defensive structures built across the northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China. It is typically built of stone, brick, tamped earth, and other materials, stretching over 13,000 miles. The wall was mainly constructed to protect China from invasions and raids, particularly from the Mongols. It is recognized as one of the most remarkable feats of human engineering and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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1. Great Wall of China

   The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China in part to protect the Chinese Empire or its prototypical states against intrusions by various nomadic groups or military incursions by various warlike peoples or forces. Several walls were being built as early as the 7th century BC; these, later joined together and made bigger, stronger, and unified are now collectively referred to as the Great Wall. Especially famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall was reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty. Other purposes of the Great Wall have included border controls, allowing the imposition of duties on goods transported along the Silk Road, regulation or encouragement of trade and the control of immigration and emigration. Furthermore, the defensive characteristics of the Great Wall were enhanced by the construction of watch towers, troop barracks, garrison stations, signaling capabilities through the means of smoke or fire, and the fact that the path of the Great Wall also served as a transportation corridor.

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1. great wall of china

   One of the most remarkable structures known in history, supposed to have been erected about 220 B.C. by the first emperor of the Tsin dynasty as a protection against the invasions of the Tartars. It traverses the northern boundary of China, and extends about 1250 miles. Including a parapet of 5 feet, the total height is 20 feet, thickness of base 25 feet, and at the top 15 feet. Towers or bastions occur at intervals of about 100 yards. Earth inclosed in brick-work forms the mass of the wall, but for more than one-half its length it is little else than a heap of gravel and rubbish.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of great wall of china in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of great wall of china in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of great wall of china in a Sentence

1. John Quinn:

   Most people wouldn’t know, though, that the Sydney Opera House, The Christ theRedeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, The Great Wall of China and the Pyramids in Egypt all turn green on St. Patrick’s Day too.

2. President Trump:

   So simple. So simple, you know the Great Wall of China, built a long time ago, is 13,000 miles. I mean, you're talking about big stuff. We're talking about peanuts, by comparison, to that. Mexico will pay for the wall. I will make sure it gets done properly.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   As I understand him, he's talking about a very tall wall -- a beautiful tall wall, better than the Great Wall of China, it's just fantasy.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
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5. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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