great wall of china in English

noun
1
a fortified wall in northern China, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Kansu province to the Yellow Sea north of Beijing. It was first built circa 210 bc , as a protection against nomad invaders. The present wall dates from the Ming dynasty.

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1. 29 Some of these levees are higher and longer than the Great Wall of China.

2. Meanwhile, the outskirts of Dandong are home to the easternmost section of the Great Wall of China. Sentencedict.com

3. There is, in fact, a Great Wall of China, with armed sentries posted every 20 feet between love and hate.

4. To acclimatize, she made the second ascent and first free ascent of Border Control WI5 M7 650m on Great Wall of China 5,000m.

5. 28 That is the fate of military follies, from the Great Wall of China to Hadrian's Wall: they are destined to a future of tea shops and tour guides.

6. Other artistic carvings in the mine include a replica of Minar-e-Pakistan, a statue of Allama Iqbal, an accumulation of crystals that form the name of Muhammad in Urdu script, a model of the Great Wall of China and another of the Mall Road of Murree.