forbidden city

English Thesaurus

1. a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	section,
definition	:	a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people (noun.location)

part meronym	:	beijing, capital of red china, peiping, peking,
definition	:	capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city (noun.location)

2. the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	national capital,
definition	:	the capital city of a nation (noun.location)

part meronym	:	sitsang, thibet, tibet, xizang,
definition	:	an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas (noun.location)