English noun: Forbidden City | |||
1. | Forbidden City (location) the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers | ||
Synonyms | capital of Tibet, Lassa, Lhasa | ||
Instance hypernym | national capital | ||
Part meronym | Sitsang, Thibet, Tibet, Xizang | ||
2. | Forbidden City (location) a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China | ||
Instance hypernym | section | ||
Part meronym | Beijing, capital of Red China, Peiping, Peking | ||