Great Wall of China

English

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

Proper noun

the Great Wall of China

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

Derived terms

• Great Firewall of China

Translations

Chinese fortification

• Arabic: سُور اَلصِّين اَلْعَظِيم m (sūr aṣ-ṣīn al-ʕaẓīm)
• 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), 万里长城 (maan⁶ lei⁵ coeng⁴ sing⁴)

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

  Min Nan: 長城／长城 (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 (témbok raseksa cina)
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• Kazakh: Ұлы Қытай қорғаны (Ūly Qytai qorğany)
• Khmer: មហាកំផែងចិន (mɔhaa kɑmpʰaeng chən)
• Korean: 만리장성 (ko) (Manri Jangseong) (萬里長城 (ko))
• Manchu: ᡧᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ
  ᠵᠠᠰᡝ (šanggiyan jase)
• 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

• 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)
• Swedish: kinesiska muren
• Tajik: Девори Бузурги Чин (Devori Buzurgi Čin)
• Thai: กำแพงเมืองจีน (gampaeng meuang jeen)
• Tibetan: ལྕགས་རི་རིང་པོ། (lcags ri ring po)
• Uzbek: Buyuk Xitoy devori
• Vietnamese: Vạn Lý Trường Thành (萬里長城)
• Yakut: Кытай улуу эркинэ (Kıtay uluu erkine)

See also

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