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Great Wall

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Great Wall
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(Astronomy) Astronomy a vast sheet of many thousands of gravitationally associated galaxies detected in the universe
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Noun1.Great Wall - a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BCGreat Wall - a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
Chinese Wall, Great Wall of China
Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
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The river to its topmost banks Swollen with death; the dykes of the Great Wall Brimming with blood.
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