"city wall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: city walls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} city wall (plural city walls)
  1. (usually in the plural) A wall around a city, built to define the city's boundaries, and sometimes to protect it from aggressors. Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Walls and fences Translations (a wall around a city): 城牆 (Chinese Mandarin), 城墙 (chéngqiáng) (Chinese Mandarin), linnamüür (Estonian), kaupunginmuuri (Finnish), გალავანი (galavani) (Georgian), Stadtmauer [feminine] (German), moenia [neuter, plural] (Latin), stadsmur [common-gender] (Swedish), ringmur [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-city_wall-en-noun-rhhDlHgN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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