Forbidden City

== English == === Etymology === Calque of Chinese 紫禁城 (Zǐjìnchéng, literally “Purple Forbidden City”, or “Imperial Forbidden City”). === Proper noun === the Forbidden City A palace of the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty located in Dongcheng district, Beijing, China. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Forbidden City. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Forbidden City”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[9], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1246, column 2 “Forbidden City, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Forbidden City”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.