Great Wall of China

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the Great Wall of China

1. An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols.
   • 1796, The Annual Register, or, a view of the History, Politicks, and Literature for the Year 1767‎, 5th edition, London: J. Dodsley, page 38:

     The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignines the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China.

   • 2018 August 2, Zhao, Christina, “Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed”, in Newsweek‎, archived from the original on 02 August 2018:

     A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark.

   • 2020 August 7, Myers, Steven Lee; Keith Bradsher, “Beijing Launches Another Demolition Drive, This Time in Its Bucolic Suburbs”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 August 2020, Asia Pacific‎:

     Backhoes moved house by house, laying waste to a community called Xitai that was built in a plush green valley on the northern edge of Beijing, only a short walk from the Great Wall of China.

   • 2022 February 6, Saito, Mari; Winni Zhou, “Snowboarding-Proud Kiwi Sadowski-Synnott bags New Zealand's first Winter Games gold”, in Jacqueline Wong; Clare Fallon, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 30 May 2022:

     Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China.
     Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a "proud Kiwi".

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• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “China, Great Wall of”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 1, 2nd edition, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 779, columns 1, 2
• “Great Wall of China”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Great Wall of China, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Great Wall of China at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Great Wall of China”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Great Wall of China” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.