forbidden city

1. 1.

   the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers

   SynonymsLhasaLassacapital of Tibet

   Broadernational capital

   Part ofTibet
2. 2.

   a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China

   Broadersection

   Part ofBeijing

Questions about forbidden city

What does forbidden city mean?

forbidden city means "the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for forbidden city?

Close synonyms include Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forbidden city a common word?

forbidden city is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.