Great Wall of China

== English == === 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 Chinese Wall), perhaps in response to or as part of exaggerated accounts of the wall's size and construction. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === the Great Wall of China An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Great Wall of China. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Chinese Wall === Further reading === Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “China, Great Wall of”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[10], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 779, columns 1, 2 “Great Wall of China”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “Great Wall of China, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Great Wall of China”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Great Wall of China”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Great Wall of China”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026