forbidden city

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Forbidden City
    n 1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for
         its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn:
         {Lhasa}, {Lassa}, {capital of Tibet}, {Forbidden City}]
    2: a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was
       formerly the residence of the emperor of China
    

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