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Great Wall of China

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Etymology

First used by Daniel Defoe on page 29 of his 1729 pamphlet The Advantages of peace and commerce: with some remarks on the East-India trade; 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.

  1. derived from wall"

Definitions

  1. An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect…

    An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols.

    • 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.

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