Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forbidden_city

2 senses of forbidden city

Sense 1
Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City -- (the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers)
       INSTANCE OF=> national capital -- (the capital city of a nation)

Sense 2
Forbidden City -- (a walled section of Beijing that encloses the palace that was formerly the residence of the emperor of China)
       INSTANCE OF=> section -- (a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people; "no section of the nation is more ardent than the South"; "there are three synagogues in the Jewish section")