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"text": "Near that same fortieth parallel of latitude on which our Asiatic journey was begun and ended, we now struck, at its extreme western limit, the Great Wall of China. The Kiayu-kuan, or \"Jade Gate,\" by which it is here intersected, was originally so called from the fact that it led into the Khotan country, whence the Chinese traders brought back the precious mineral.",
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"word": "Девори Бузурги Чин"
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"word": "กำแพงเมืองจีน"
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