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Forbidden City

American  

noun

  1. a walled section of Peking (now Beijing), built in the 15th century, containing the imperial palace and other buildings of the imperial government of China.

Forbidden City British  

noun

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of Forbidden City

First recorded in 1845–50

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