Forbidden City
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For·bid·den City
(fər-bĭd′n, fôr-) A walled enclosure of central Beijing, China, containing the palaces of 24 emperors in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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Forbidden City
n
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
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Forbid′den Cit′y
n.
a walled section of Beijing, built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace.
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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 |
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