"town walls" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: town wall [singular]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=town wall}} town walls pl (normally plural, singular town wall)
  1. (UK, plural only) A large historic line of walls encircling a town that normally dates back at least to the Middle Ages. Tags: UK, plural, plural-normally, plural-only Translations (wall surrounding a town): 鎮牆 (Chinese Mandarin), 镇墙 (zhènqiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), kaupunginmuuri (Finnish), Stadtmauer (German), Stadtmauern [plural] (German), bymur (Norwegian), stadsmur [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-town_walls-en-noun-nPfCG~EL Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum

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