Great Wall of China

English

A portion of the Great Wall of China near Beijing (July 2006)

Etymology

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Proper noun

the Great Wall of China

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.
- 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".
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Great Wall of China.

Derived terms

Great Firewall of China
Great Wall of Sand

Translations

Chinese fortification

Arabic: سُور اَلصِّين اَلْعَظِيم‎ m (sūr aṣ-ṣīn al-ʿaẓīm)
Bulgarian: Великата китайска стена f (Velikata kitajska stena)
Burmese: တရုတ်ပြည်မှ မဟာရံတံတိုင်းကြီး (ta.rutpranyhma. ma.haramtamtuing:kri:)
Catalan: Gran Muralla Xinesa f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 萬里長城, 万里长城 (maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴)
Mandarin: 長城／长城 (zh) (Chángchéng), 萬里長城／万里长城 (zh) (Wànlǐ Chángchéng)
Min Nan: 長城 (zh-min-nan), 长城 (Tn̂g-siâⁿ)
Danish: Den Kinesiske Mur c (definite form)
Dhivehi: ޗައިނާގެ ބޮޑު ފާރު‎ (caināge boḍu fāru)
Dutch: Chinese Muur
Finnish: Kiinan muuri (fi)
French: Grande Muraille (fr) f
German: Chinesische Mauer (de) f
Greek: Μέγα Σινικό Τείχος n (Méga Sinikó Teíchos)
Hungarian: kínai nagy fal (hu)
Indonesian: Tembok Besar Tiongkok
Italian: Grande muraglia cinese f
Japanese: 万里の長城 (ja) (ばんりのちょうじょう, Banri no Chōjō)
Javanese: ꦠꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦫꦱꦼꦏ꧀ꦱꦕꦶꦤ (témbokraseksacina)
Kazakh: Ұлы Қытай қорғаны (Ūly Qytai qorğany)
Khmer: មហាកំផែងចិន (mɔhaa kɑmpʰaeng chən)
Korean: 만리장성(萬里長城) (ko) (Mallijangseong)
Manchu: ᡧᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᠵᠠᠰᡝ (šanggiyan jase), ᡤᠣᠯᠮᡳᠨ
ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ (golmin hecen)
Mongolian: Цагаан хэрэм (Cagaan xerem)
Norman: Graund-murâle dé Chène f (Guernsey), Grande Muthâle dé Chinne f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Den kinesiske mur m
Nynorsk: den kinesiske muren
Polish: Wielki Mur Chiński m
Portuguese: Muralha da China f, Grande Muralha f, Grande Muralha da China
Russian: Вели́кая Кита́йская стена́ f (Velíkaja Kitájskaja stená)
Spanish: Gran Muralla China f
Sundanese: ᮒᮦᮙ᮪ᮘᮧᮊ᮪ ᮌᮨᮓᮦ ᮎᮤᮔ (témbok gedé cina)
Swahili: Ukuta Mkubwa wa China, Ukuta wa China
Swedish: kinesiska muren
Tajik: Девори Бузурги Чин (Devori Buzurgi Čin)
Thai: กำแพงเมืองจีน (gam-pɛɛng mʉʉang-jiin)
Tibetan: ལྕགས་རི་རིང་པོ། (lcags ri ring po)
Uyghur: سەدىچىن سېپىلى‎ (sedichin sëpili)
Uzbek: Buyuk Xitoy devori
Vietnamese: Vạn Lý Trường Thành (萬里長城)
Welsh: Mur Mawr Tsieina m
Yakut: Кытай улуу эркинэ (Kıtay uluu erkine)