Forbidden City

For·bid·den City  (fr-bdn, fôr-)

A walled enclosure of central Beijing, China, containing the palaces of 24 emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Formerly closed to the public (hence its name), it is now a vast museum and a major tourist attraction.

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Forbidden City

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1. (Placename) Lhasa, Tibet: once famed for its inaccessibility and hostility to strangers

2. (Placename) a walled section of Beijing, China, enclosing the Imperial Palace and associated buildings of the former Chinese Empire

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Forbidden City - the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers capital of Tibet, Lassa, Lhasa Sitsang, Thibet, Tibet, Xizang - an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
	2.	Forbidden City - a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China Beijing, capital of Red China, Peiping, Peking - capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city

Translations

Forbidden City

n the Forbidden City → die Verbotene Stadt