Great Wall of China

English

The Great Wall of China, near Beijing in July 2006.

Proper noun

Great Wall of China

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

Translations

Chinese fortification

• Arabic: سور الصين العظيم (ar) (suur al-Siin al-3aZiim) m
• Catalan: Gran Muralla Xinesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長城 (cmn), 长城 (cmn) (Chángchéng), 萬里長城 (cmn), 万里长城 (cmn) (Wànlǐ Chángchéng)

  Min Nan: 長城 (nan), 长城 (nan) (Tn̂g-siâⁿ)

• Dutch: Chinese Muur (nl)
• Finnish: Kiinan muuri (fi)
• French: Grande Muraille (fr) f
• German: Chinesische Mauer (de) f
• Greek: Μέγα Σινικό Τείχος (el) (Méga Sinikó Teíchos) n
• Hungarian: kínai nagy fal (hu)

• Japanese: 万里の長城 (ja) (ばんりのちょうじょう, Banri-no Chōjō)
• Jèrriais: Grande Muthâle dé Chinne f
• Khmer: មហាកំផែងចិន (km) (mɔhaa kɑmpʰaeng chən)
• Korean: 만리장성 (ko) (Manri Jangseong) (萬里長城 (ko))
• Mongolian: Цагаан хэрэм (mn) (Tsagaan kherem)
• Norman: Graund-murâle dé Chène f
• Norwegian: den kinesiske mur (no) m
• Russian: Великая Китайская стена (ru) (Velíkaja Kitájskaja stená) f
• Spanish: Gran Muralla China (es) f
• Swedish: kinesiska muren (sv)
• Thai: กำแพงเมืองจีน (th) (gampaeng meuang jeen)
• Vietnamese: Vạn Lý Trường Thành (vi) (萬里長城 (vi))

Derived terms

• Great Firewall of China

See also

• Chinese wall
• Great Wall of China on Wikipedia.Wikipedia