forbidden city

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forbidden city - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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