Great Wall of China

English thumb|300px|upright|A portion of the Great Wall of China near Beijing (July 2006) Etymology First used by Daniel Defoe on page 29 of his pamphlet The Advantages of peace and commerce: with some remarks on the East-India trade (1729); attested but not much in currency until the early 1900s, when it supplanted the Chinese wall (not to be confused with the later jargon term en Chinese Wall), perhaps in response to or as part of exaggerated accounts of the wall's size and construction. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Great Wall of China.wav Southern England Proper noun great wall of China 1 en Q12501en China Buildings Places in China Walls and fences An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols. en 1767 Annual register, or a view of the history and politics and literature for the year https://archive.org/details/annualregisteror1767londuoft/ 38 https://archive.org/details/annualregisteror1767londuoft/page/38/ 2 Of the Mongall Tartars.The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the ſouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay Lama has his residence. en 1796 The Annual Register, or, a view of the History, Politicks, and Literature for the Year 1767 https://archive.org/details/s25id13210690/ 5th London J. Dodsley 38 https://archive.org/details/s25id13210690/page/38/ The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignines the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. en 1894 Thomas Gaskell Allen, Jr.; William Lewis Sachtleben Over the Gobi Desert and through the Western Gate of the Great Wall Across Asia on a Bicycle: The Journey of Two American Students from Constantinople to Peking https://archive.org/details/acrossasiaonbicy00alle/ New York The Century Co. 855462297 190-191 https://archive.org/details/acrossasiaonbicy00alle/page/191/ Near that same fortieth parallel of latitude on which our Asiatic journey was begun and ended, we now struck, at its extreme western limit, the Great Wall of China. The Kiayu-kuan, or "Jade Gate," by which it is here intersected, was originally so called from the fact that it led into the Khotan country, whence the Chinese traders brought back the precious mineral. en 11/30/2016 Nadine Wojcik Blood and pain: Extreme performance artist Marina Abramovic turns 70 w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20161201150116/https://www.dw.com/en/blood-and-pain-extreme-performance-artist-marina-abramovic-turns-70/a-36583787 https://www.dw.com/en/blood-and-pain-extreme-performance-artist-marina-abramovic-turns-70/a-36583787 December 01, 2016 Arts Abramovic and Ulay lived like nomads for many years, traveling to exotic locations. After 12 years, the eccentric artists broke up. The marriage performance they'd planned, during which they were to run 2,500 kilometers towards each other along the Great Wall of China and then marry, turned into a break-up event. en 02 August 2018 Christina Zhao Great Wall of China Collapse: Poor Renovation Works And Heavy Rainfall Blamed https://web.archive.org/web/20180802170717/https://www.newsweek.com/great-wall-china-collapse-poor-renovation-works-and-heavy-rainfall-blamed-1054111 02 August 2018 w:Newsweek A northern section of the Great Wall of China collapsed after a period of heavy rain last month, with many blaming poor-quality renovations for the deterioration of the iconic landmark. en Aug. 7, 2020 Steven Lee Myers; w:Keith Bradsher Beijing Launches Another Demolition Drive, This Time in Its Bucolic Suburbs w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20200807091010/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/world/asia/china-beijing-crackdown-housing.html 07 August 2020 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific Backhoes moved house by house, laying waste to a community called Xitai that was built in a plush green valley on the northern edge of Beijing, only a short walk from the Great Wall of China. en February 6, 2022 Mari Saito; Winni Zhou Snowboarding-Proud Kiwi Sadowski-Synnott bags New Zealand's first Winter Games gold Jacqueline Wong; Clare Fallon https://web.archive.org/web/20220530101215/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/snowboarding-kiwi-snowboarder-sadowski-synnott-wins-slopestyle-gold-2022-02-06/ 30 May 2022 w:Reuters Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China.Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a "proud Kiwi". en Derived terms en Great Firewall of China Great Green Wall Great Wall Great Wall of Sand Translations Chinese fortification Arabic: ar سُور اَلصِّين اَلْعَظِيم m Azerbaijani: az Böyük Çin Səddi Bulgarian: bg Великата китайска стена f Burmese: my တရုတ်ပြည်မှ မဟာရံတံတိုင်းကြီး Catalan: ca Gran Muralla Xinesa f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 萬里長城 maan6 lei5 coeng4 sing4 Hokkien: nan-hbl 長城 Tn̂g-siâⁿ Mandarin: cmn 長城 Chángchéng, cmn 萬里長城 Wànlǐ Chángchéng Danish: da Den Kinesiske Mur c definite form Dhivehi: dv ޗައިނާގެ ބޮޑު ފާރު Dutch: nl Chinese Muur Estonian: et Hiina müür Finnish: fi Kiinan muuri French: fr Grande Muraille f, fr Grande Muraille de Chine f Galician: gl Gran Muralla Chinesa f Georgian: ka ჩინეთის დიდი კედელი German: de Chinesische Mauer f Greek: el Μέγα Σινικό Τείχος n Hindi: hi चीन की महान दीवार f, hi चीन की महाप्राचीर f cīn kī mahāprācīr Hungarian: hu kínai nagy fal Indonesian: id Tembok Besar Tiongkok Italian: it Grande muraglia cinese f Japanese: ja 万里の長城 ばんりのちょうじょう, Banri no Chōjō Javanese: jv ꦠꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦫꦱꦼꦏ꧀ꦱꦕꦶꦤ Kannada: kn ಚೀನಾದ ಮಹಾ ಗೋಡೆ Kazakh: kk Ұлы Қытай қорғаны Khmer: km មហាកំផែងចិន mɔhaa kɑmpʰaeng chən Korean: ko ^만리장성(萬里長城) Malayalam: ml ചൈനയിലെ വൻമതിൽ Manchu: mnc ᡧᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᡝ, mnc ᡤᠣᠯᠮᡳᠨ ᡥᡝᠴᡝᠨ Mongolian: mn Цагаан хэрэм Norman: nrf Graund-murâle dé Chène f Guernsey, nrf Grande Muthâle dé Chinne f Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Den kinesiske mur m Nynorsk: nn den kinesiske muren Polish: pl Wielki Mur Chiński m Portuguese: pt Muralha da China f, pt Grande Muralha f, pt Grande Muralha da China Romanian: ro Marele Zid Chinezesc n Russian: ru Вели́кая Кита́йская стена́ f Sanskrit: sa चीनस्य महाभित्तिः f cīnasya mahābhittiḥ, sa अयुतक्रोशदीर्घप्राकार m ayutakrośadīrghaprākāra literally Sinhalese: si චීන මහා ප්‍රාකාරය Spanish: es Gran Muralla China f Sundanese: su ᮒᮦᮙ᮪ᮘᮧᮊ᮪ ᮌᮨᮓᮦ ᮎᮤᮔ Swahili: sw Ukuta Mkubwa wa China, sw Ukuta wa China Swedish: sv kinesiska muren c Tajik: tg Девори Бузурги Чин Tamil: ta சீனப்பெருஞ்சுவர் Telugu: te చైనా మహా గోడ Thai: th กำแพงเมืองจีน gam-pɛɛng mʉʉang-jiin Tibetan: bo ལྕགས་རི་རིང་པོ། Turkish: tr Çin Seddi Wall of China Urdu: ur چِین کِی عَظِیم دِیوَار f, ur عَظِیم دِیوَارِ چِین f Uyghur: ug سەدىچىن سېپىلى Uzbek: uz Buyuk Xitoy devori Vietnamese: vi Vạn Lí Trường Thành, vi Vạn Lý Trường Thành (vi 萬里長城), vi Trường Thành (vi 長城) Welsh: cy Mur Mawr Tsieina m Yakut: sah Кытай улуу эркинэ See also en Chinese Wall Further reading en 2008 China, Great Wall of Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 779 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/779/ 1, 2 pn